VHA Acquisition Support Services

Cancelled Special Notice Posted

Solicitation number
36C250-25-AP-5822
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Sole Source

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Network Contracting Office 10 (NCO 10), has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to sole-source a contract for acquisition support services. The notice indicates NCO 10 plans to negotiate directly with The Arcanum Group, Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), for various types of acquisition support services. This contract will support VHA contracting requirements for a one-year period and falls under NAICS code 541611 for Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services. The procurement is authorized under the Veterans First Contracting Program (38 U.S.C. 8127(c)), which provides authority to contract directly with SDVOSBs or VOSBs. The small business size standard for this requirement is $24.5 million.

The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to inform the contracting community of the government's intent to make a sole-source award while providing an opportunity for other qualified sources to submit capability statements. Interested parties must submit their capability statements to Contracting Officer Mary Jane Crim at maryjane.crim@va.gov no later than September 24, 2025, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. The notice emphasizes that this is not a request for quotes or proposals, and no contract will be awarded based on responses to this notice. Only responsible sources who believe they can meet the requirement may submit capability statements, and responses must not contain proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information. The government retains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the requirement and reserves the right to use submitted information for market research purposes without payment to respondents.

Notice text

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE:

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Network Contracting Office 10 (NCO 10) intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with The Arcanum Group, Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), for acquisition support services to support NCO 10. This project will provide for various types of acquisition support services in support of VHA contracting requirements for a period of one year.   

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541611, Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with a small business size Standard of $24.5 million.

The authority for restricting competition on this requirement is 38 U.S.C. 8127(c), known as the Veterans First Contracting Program, which provides the authority to directly contract with an SDVOSB or a VOSB. The decision to make a sole-source award is a business decision wholly within the discretion of the Government.

This notice of intent is not a request for quotes or proposals. No contract award will be made based on quotations or proposals received in response to this notice. No solicitation document exists, and no telephone or email inquiries will be accepted. 

Any responsible source who believes it can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement to Mary Jane Crim via email at maryjane.crim@va.gov no later than September 24, 2025, at 4:00pm (ET).

A determination not to compete the requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in responses to this notice.  This notice does not oblige the Government to award a contract.  The Government will not pay for information provided in response to this notice. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for market research purposes. The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.

Files

File Type Posted
Intent to Sole Source.pdf PDF

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