Minneapolis VA Medical Library Serials & Periodicals Solicitation

Closed Solicitation Posted Aug 20, 2026

Solicitation number: 36C26327Q0008
Agency: Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Responses due: Oct 23, 2026, 6:00 PM ET
Set-aside: Total Small Business

Opportunity facts

NAICS code: 513120 Periodical Publishers
PSC: 7630 Newspapers And Periodicals
Place of performance: Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417, United States
Points of contact: Jeffrey Brown jeffrey.brown8@va.gov (651) 293-3009

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated Oct 14, 2026.

About this opportunity

Written by GovTribe AI · Oct 14, 2026

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 23, is soliciting subscription management services for medical and scientific journals and periodicals to support the Minneapolis VA Medical Library, with proposals due October 23, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time and questions due August 26, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Central Time. This is a total small business set-aside. Amendment 0004, published October 14, 2026, reopened the solicitation, extended the deadline, and shifted the performance period to December 1, 2026, through November 30, 2027.

Place of performance is Minneapolis, Minnesota, with remote access required across 26 VA facilities and administrative buildings in Minnesota and Wisconsin spanning approximately 3,244 actual users and 4,850 full-time employees. The contractor must manage subscriptions for 47 medical and scientific journal titles from multiple publishers and provide subscription management services including ordering, renewal, claims management, acquisition of back issues up to one year prior, MARC format catalog data with stable URLs, and submission of renewal lists in Microsoft Excel format within 90 days of renewal. The contractor must notify the VA of discontinued titles within 30 calendar days and maintain accurate electronic records. A dedicated Project/Program Manager with at least three years of experience in similar healthcare organizations is required. The contractor must have adequate financial resources to pay publishers in full and in advance. Invoices are submitted monthly in arrears with payment by Electronic Funds Transfer. The NAICS code is 513120, Periodical Publishers; PSC code is 7630, Newspapers and Periodicals. The VA reserves the right to accept all or only a portion of line items offered, with pricing evaluation based solely on selected line items.

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Update #5 · Latest · Oct 14, 2026

this is the notice of the publication of the Minneapolis VA Library Serials & Periodicals Solicitation (Solicitation #: 36C26327Q0008).

The question deadline is 08/26/2026, 17:00 Central Time.
The offer deadline is now 10/23/2026, 17:00 Central Time.

Amendments published:
Amendment 0001 has been published extending the offer deadline to provide additional time to respond to vendor questions.
Amendment 0002 has been published further extending the offer deadline to provide additional time to respond to vendor questions.
Amendment 0003 has been published extending the offer deadline and to respond to vendor questions.
Amendment 0004 has been published reopening the solicitation, extending the offer deadline and providing clarifying information.

Read all of the directions very carefully and make sure to follow them. Make sure to pay extra attention to the Addendum to Instructions to Offerors FAR 52.212-1 for offer submission instructions.