Sources SoughtPosted Aug 12, 2026·Responses due Aug 31, 2026

R499--Small Business Event | Verizon Federal Public Sector Virtual Business Opportunity Session | Cisco Webex Sept 1

Veterans Affairs · OFFICE OF SMALL & DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS UTILIZATION (OSDBU) (36U101)

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
36U10126Q0022
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
R499
Place
Not stated
Contact
Direct Access Program (DAP) (DirectAccess@va.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 36U10126Q0022 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 12, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 23, 2026 to Nov 23, 2026, middle of the range Sep 13, 2026.
Measured from 22 past early notices at Veterans Affairs, Department of with NAICS 541511 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 12, 2026).
Responses are due Aug 31, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

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

1. DATE, TIME, AND PLACE: The event takes place, Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:00 P.M. 2:00 P.M. EST via Cisco Webex. 2. AGENDA: Participants will be provided the outline of a business opportunity and related details. 3. REGISTRATION: Visit https://www.vetbiz.va.gov/events and click the link for the Registration Open - Verizon Federal Public Sector Virtual Business Opportunity Session to register. 4. PRIMARY NAICS CODES: Multiple North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes pertains to this opportunity.� Additional amendments may be issued to target other related NAICS codes speci… (show all)

fied within this announcement. 5. DISCLAIMER: This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this notice.

Who won similar work

40 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 541511.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Sierra7, Inc.6$3.7MJul 29, 2026
DATA INNOVATIONS LLC3$2.3MOct 2, 2026
BITSCOPIC INC2$8.0MOct 1, 2026
INTELERAD MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC MONTREAL H2L 4L82$7.9MApr 20, 2026
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION · $IBM2$7.1MOct 3, 2025
HILL-ROM, INC.2$1.1MSep 25, 2026
VECNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC2$783KApr 7, 2025
COOPER THOMAS LLC2$473KJan 31, 2025
PLANNED SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC1$156.1MFeb 10, 2025
CLINICOMP INTERNATIONAL INC1$68.6MAug 31, 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 8 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
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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
  • 0 insider buys and 1 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.