6540--VISN 1 Interim Eyeglass IDIQ 10/01/2026 -01/31/2026
Veterans Affairs · 241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24126Q0764 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 16, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
- Sep 22, 2026Award NoticePDS CONSULTANTS, INC · $4.3MOpen
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
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE TO P.D.S. Consultants Inc. (UEI QJCRZEEDJNC8) 3801 Bishop LN, Louisville, Kentucky, 40218, United States Network Contracting Office (NCO) 1, Procurement Office East, on behalf of the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 01 (New England), hereby provides notice of its intent to award a firm-fixed-price contract to P.D.S. Consultants Inc. for the provision of prescription eyeglasses and optician services for all VA Medical Centers throughout VISN 1. The anticipated Period of Performance (PoP) is October 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027, totaling four (4) months, c… (show all)
onsisting of a two month base period followed by two (2) one month option periods, exercisable at the discretion of the Government. AUTHORITY This acquisition is authorized under 41 U.S.C. §3304(a)(5) and 38 U.S.C. §8127(c), as implemented by FAR 6.302 5 Authorized or Required by Statute, permitting award to a single SDVOSB/VOSB entity when statutory authority applies. The applicable NAICS code is 339115 Ophthalmic Goods Manufacturing. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation is available at this time. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (241-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 01 (36C241)), same product/service code (PSC) 6540 and NAICS 339115.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $3.6M to $4.2M, median $3.9M; range $3.5M to $4.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDS CONSULTANTS, INC | 4 | $15.6M | May 20, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- May 20, 2026PDS CONSULTANTS, INC$4.3M6540--VISN 1 Interim IDIQ 06/01/2026 -09/30/2026No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 23, 2025P.D.S. CONSULTANTS, INC.$4.1M6540--VISN 1 Interim Eyeglass IDIQ 10/01/25 - 01/31/26 | P.D.S. Consultants, Inc.No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- May 23, 2025P.D.S. CONSULTANTS, INC.$3.6M6540--VISN 1 Eyeglass IDIQ 05/28/25- 09/30/25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jan 28, 2025P.D.S. CONSULTANTS, INC.$3.5M6540--TASK ORDER: VISN 1 Interim Eyeglass IDIQ 01/28/25 - 05/27/25No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 1 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
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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
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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.