Sources SoughtPosted Jul 2, 2026·Responses due Jul 13, 2026

***Amendment***DG11--Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) Services across the Enterprise

Veterans Affairs · TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CENTER NJ (36C10B)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
517111
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36C10B26Q0588
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
DG11
Place
Not stated
Contact
Chantel Bass (Chantel.Bass@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36C10B26Q0588 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 26, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Jul 2, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Aug 25, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 25, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jul 28, 2026 to Sep 6, 2026, middle of the range Jul 31, 2026.
Measured from 10 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 517111 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jun 26, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

***Amendment*** The period of performance (PoP) has changed for this requirement. Please see attached document P02 - Attachment 2 DRAFT PWS Local Exchange Carrier Services. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Development, Security and Operations (DSO) Telecommunications Provisioning Office (TPO) has a requirement for Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) Services across the enterprise in multiple states. These LEC services consist of: POTS Line Flat Rate/ePOTS, POTS Line Ground Flat Start Rate/ePOTS, PRI (mileage/station link included), DID/DOD (Blocks of… (show all)

20), Caller ID Feature (POTS Line), Three Way Calling Feature (POTS Line), Call Forward Feature (POTS Line), Call Forward Busy Feature (POTS Line), Call Forward No Answer Feature (POTS Line), Call Waiting Feature (POTS Line), Voicemail Feature (POTS Line), Call Block Feature (block 411, 900/976) (POTS Line), Call Hunting/Roll Over Feature (POTS Line), Third Party Billing Block Feature (POTS Line), Remote Access to Call Forwarding, Call Redirect (must include Screening Removal for the Veterans Help Line), Screening Removal (must include Call Redirect for the Veterans Help Line), and Anonymous Call Reject. The Contractor shall provide telecommunication services at the facilities 24 hours per day, seven days per week with maximum service availability. The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) for this effort is 517111 Wired Telecommunication Carriers. This notice does not in itself represent the issuance of a formal request for proposal/quote and is not intended to be taken as such. This is a request for Information (RFI) only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Quotation, or a Request for Proposal. Do not submit a proposal or a quote. This market research is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. Any contract that might be awarded based on information received or derived from this market research will be the outcome of a competitive process. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI. Submittal Instructions: If your company is capable of providing the aforementioned services, please submit a Vendor Capabilities Statement, limited to five pages for your company, to include a cover page which indicates your company s full name, points of contact and your size standard for NAICS 517111. Please complete the attached entitled Attachment 1 Market Research Workbook for SDPs , by inputting data into all applicable cells. The Technical workbook captures the ability to provide coverage for each of the required services, in the quantity required, at each of the required Service Delivery Points (SDPs). Using the drop-down selection menu found at Column K of the Attachment, please state yes or no as to whether you can provide the requisite service, in the requisite quantity, to the requisite SDP. A yes or no designation must be entered for each and every item; no item shall be left blank. Please note that all yes responses will change the blank cell to green; and all no responses will change the blank cell to red. The Market Research Workbook will automatically calculate the total number of yes entries (Column L Total Yes ), the total number of no entries (Column M Total No ), and the total number of required entries left blank (Column O Total Blank ). All interested parties who can supply all the required services at all the listed SDPs shall respond no later than 04:00 PM CST on July 13, 2026, via email to Chantel.Bass@va.gov.

Who won similar work

3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 517111.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
GRANITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC1$3.8MAug 12, 2026
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC · $LUMN1$2.3MOct 1, 2026
Sierra Telephone Company1$18KMar 3, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 3 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
  • $18K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.