Dennis Simms

Contract Specialist VA Technology Acquisition Center

Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Email: dennis.simms@va.gov
Phone: (848) 377-5211
Latest SAM.gov record: Oct 21, 2026

Contact facts

SAM.gov notices: 13
Contract awards: 14 As contracting staff
Top vendors: Minburn Technology Group, LLC 3 contract awards · $8.5M in award value

Thundercat Technology, LLC 3 contract awards · $21.9M in award value
First SAM.gov record: Dec 6, 2022

Notices come from SAM.gov and awards from FPDS, which names the staff who created, approved or last changed an award without saying which.

SAM.gov notices

Notice	Posted
DA01--CORP: VCS Standalone IT Support Contract - RFI (VA-27-00012857) Pre-Solicitation	Oct 21, 2026
DA01- NBEKRSS (VA-26-00031146) Professional Service - Network Based Encryption Key Recovery Storage Solution Limited / Sole Source Justification	Sep 8, 2026
DA01--NBEKRSS (VA-26-00031146) Professional Service - Network Based Encryption Key Recovery Storage Solution Pre-Solicitation	Mar 16, 2026
DA10--Govdelivery Replacement (VA-25-00019994) Award Notice	Sep 11, 2025
DB02--WiFi Extension - VA-25-00083764 Solicitation	Aug 5, 2025
Brand name VAST Data Inc. (VAST) support, including licenses, maintenance and technical support Award Notice	Jul 8, 2025
Email Marketing Delivery Service and Software Maintenance Pre-Solicitation	May 9, 2025
Enterprise Telecommunications Expense Management Software (ETEMS) platform Award Notice	Sep 27, 2024
Riverbed hardware and software maintenance support Limited / Sole Source Justification	Sep 27, 2024
PegaSystems Inc. (Pega), Platform as a Service (PaaS)/Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloud subscriptions for Government Limited / Sole Source Justification	Sep 25, 2024
ETEMS Option 4 - 14 adjustment mod Pre-Solicitation	Sep 25, 2024
Brand Name or equal (BNoE) Pega Platform as a Service (PaaS)/Software as a Service (SaaS) Pre-Solicitation	Jun 18, 2024
Govdelivery 30M SMS messages Award Notice	May 31, 2024

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Contract awards and IDVs

Award	Awarded	Obligated
Brand name vast storage maintenance support services (hardware and software) and six (6) software licenses required… 36C10B25F0155 · Epoch Concepts LLC	Jul 7, 2025	$1,422,944
This proposed action is for renewal of brand name ZEVA decryptnabox (ZEVA) software maintenance and technical support… 36C10B26F0311 · Minburn Technology Group, LLC	Sep 28, 2026	$558,907
Option exercise 36C10B19C0059 · International Business Machines Corporation	Sep 27, 2019	$23,522,978
The govdelivery saas enables the VA to strategically deliver immediate and relevant services and information to the… 36C10B25F0244 · Thundercat Technology, LLC	Sep 10, 2025	$6,869,621
Brand name riverbed hardware and software maintenance support which includes but is not limited to trouble shooting… 36C10B24F0353 · Minburn Technology Group, LLC	Sep 17, 2024	$3,827,192
Renewal of deployed brand name enterprise govdelivery solution comprising of govdelivery communications cloud saas… 36C10B22F0231 · Thundercat Technology, LLC	Jul 30, 2022	$14,165,249
Installation and maintenance service to the existing patient wifi system at VA VISN 17 campus. 36C10B25C0040 · N-Ovation Technology Group LLC	Aug 15, 2025	$36,168
Brand name statistical analytical system (SAS) software maintenance 36C10B24F0019 · Executive Information Systems, L.L.C.	Dec 15, 2023	$2,128,919
Renewal of brand name pegasystems INC. Paas/ saas subscriptions to continue supporting the DTC cloud modernization… 36C10B24F0369 · Fedstore Corporation	Sep 14, 2024	$280,463
Hyland temporal node gateway and nilread test system software and services 36C10B20C0016 · Hyland Software Inc.	Feb 7, 2020	$614,631
VA requires additional text message capability cloud short message service to deliver further awareness with the… 36C10B24F0158 · Thundercat Technology, LLC	May 29, 2024	$903,991
Renewal of brand name IBM passport advantage agreement for the software subscriptions and maintenance support of the… 36C10B24F0006 · V3Gate, LLC	Oct 1, 2023	$341,829
Brand name riverbed application RESPONSE11 (AR11) traffic monitoring network devices with associated software… 36C10B23F0017 · Minburn Technology Group, LLC	Oct 27, 2022	$4,113,364
National local exchange carrier services_to for LEC-TAC-15-25199 state of texas VA11815F0002 · At&T Corp.	Sep 23, 2015	$2,091,018

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Top vendors

Rank	Vendor	Awards and IDVs	Award value
1	Minburn Technology Group, LLC	3	$8.5M
2	Thundercat Technology, LLC	3	$21.9M
3	Epoch Concepts LLC	1	$1.42M
4	International Business Machines Corporation	1	$23.5M
5	Executive Information Systems, L.L.C.	1	$1.39M
6	N-Ovation Technology Group LLC	1	$7.64K
7	V3Gate, LLC	1	$342K
8	At&T Corp.	1	$2.09M
9	Hyland Software Inc.	1	$615K
10	Fedstore Corporation	1	$280K

Award value adds up the base and exercised options recorded for the contract awards naming them. IDVs carry no value of their own.

Top NAICS codes

Rank	NAICS code	SAM.gov records
1	541519 Other Computer Related Services	20
2	811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance	2
3	511210 Software Publishers	1
4	517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers	1
5	517919 All Other Telecommunications	1

Top PSC codes

Rank	PSC code	SAM.gov records
1	DA10 It And Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Software As A Service	10
2	DA01 It And Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Support Services (Labor)	5
3	7A21 It And Telecom - Business Application Software (Perpetual License Software)	2
4	D399 It And Telecom- Other It And Telecommunications	2
5	DB01 It And Telecom - High Performance Computing (Hpc) Support Services (Labor)	2
6	DB02 It And Telecom - Compute Support Services, Non-Hpc (Labor)	2
7	7K20 It And Telecom - Storage Products (Hardware And Perpetual License Software)	1
8	D318 It And Telecom- Integrated Hardware/Software/Services Solutions, Predominantly Services	1
9	DB10 It And Telecom - Compute As A Service: Mainframe/Servers	1

Other records

Record	Kind
36C10B27Q0060.docx	Government file
VA/CMS IAA for iQIES (VA-26-00053870)	Forecast
36C10B26Q0239.docx	Government file
BEKRSS (VA-26-00031146) Professional Service - Network Based Key recovery Storage Solution	Forecast
VAST Support GenISIS	Forecast
36C10B25Q0349_1.docx	Government file

Quick answers

Who is Dennis Simms?

Dennis Simms is a Contract Specialist at VA Technology Acquisition Center (Headquarters). Point of contact on 13 SAM.gov notices and contracting staff on 14 contract awards, from December 6, 2022 to October 21, 2026.

How do I contact Dennis Simms?

SAM.gov lists Dennis Simms's email dennis.simms@va.gov and phone (848) 377-5211.

What is the latest SAM.gov notice naming Dennis Simms?

DA01--CORP: VCS Standalone IT Support Contract - RFI (VA-27-00012857), pre-solicitation, posted October 21, 2026.

Which vendors has Dennis Simms awarded contracts to?

The vendors on the most contract awards and IDVs naming Dennis Simms are Minburn Technology Group, LLC, Thundercat Technology, LLC and Epoch Concepts LLC. Dennis Simms's contract awards to Minburn Technology Group, LLC add up to $8.5M in base and exercised options.