Via Visually Impaired Advancement
Buffalo, NY
- UEI
- FKX6ULC1EXN6
- CAGE
- 3RLW9
- Primary NAICS
- 493110 General Warehousing and Storage
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
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- 424490 Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers
- 561410 Document Preparation Services
- 561421 Telephone Answering Services
- 561422 Telemarketing Bureaus and Other Contact Centers
- 561431 Private Mail Centers
- 561439 Other Business Service Centers (including Copy Shops)
- 561910 Packaging and Labeling Services
- 611420 Computer Training
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1170 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA
- Website
- viawny.org
- Founded
- 1907
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Consumer Services
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Education Services
- SIC code
- 83 Social Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $706,173 |
| FY2025 | $665,527 |
| FY2024 | $0 |
| FY2023 | $1,288,827 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Veterans Affairs | $706,173 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. | 15JOVW25GG00499LEGA | $35,640 | |
| Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. | 15JOVW22GG00306LEGA | $30,000 |
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About the company
Via Visually Impaired Advancement (doing business as Via), an AbilityOne nonprofit agency and tax-exempt corporation headquartered in Buffalo, New York, operates as a prime contractor delivering telephone answering services and disability-employment services to federal agencies, with 95% of recent awards positioned as prime work rather than subcontracted performance. Via qualifies under the AbilityOne program (established under Executive Order 14398), which directs federal agencies to increase procurement opportunities from nonprofit agencies employing individuals with disabilities.
Via's customer footprint is heavily concentrated with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which accounts for 93% of combined potential value across the vendor's recent award history. Two VA Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Networks dominate the prime work: VISN 4 holds nine awards valued at $17.5 million combined potential, and VISN 2 holds ten awards valued at $12.8 million combined potential. The remaining funding split between the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (two awards) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (one award, $325 thousand). Via's capability portfolio centers on telephone answering services (19 of 37 awards by NAICS), which make up the majority of its federal work, with secondary exposure in optometry services, nursing home operations, and administrative support.
Via's most recent prime work includes a $3.8 million firm fixed-price purchase order awarded October 1, 2025, by VA VISN 2 for Ability One switchboard operator services with a five-year ceiling running through September 30, 2030, performed in Snyder, New York. As a subrecipient, Via provides 24/7/365 phone intake and information-and-referral services under two federal grant sub-awards from Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., supporting domestic violence victims with legal triage and warm handoffs to paralegal services in connection with orders of protection and consumer debt work. Activity is episodic — one award each in 2018, 2019, and 2020, one in 2022, and two in 2025 — with no pronounced growth trajectory. Two awards operate under VA Basic Ordering Agreements (VA528P2926 with eight task orders, $3.2 million combined potential; DLA10087FEB46 with one task order), and two operate under VA Indefinite Delivery Contracts (VA24415D0163 with six task orders, $1.5 million combined potential; V528P2926 with three task orders). SCI-reportable federal service-contract invoicing for FY2023 totaled $636 thousand across 8.4 FTEs at a government-paid median rate of $36.52 per hour, with no SCI-reportable activity in FY2022 or FY2024.
Quick answers
Is Via Visually Impaired Advancement registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Via Visually Impaired Advancement's SAM.gov registration is active through August 30, 2027.
How much has Via Visually Impaired Advancement received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $665,527 to Via Visually Impaired Advancement in fiscal year 2025 and $2,660,527 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Via Visually Impaired Advancement rank among federal contractors?
Via Visually Impaired Advancement ranked #17 in NAICS 561421, #31 in NAICS 56142 and #82 in PSC R426 in FY2025.
What is Via Visually Impaired Advancement's most recent federal award?
Via Visually Impaired Advancement's most recent federal contract award is Ability one switchboard operator services (36C24226P0014), from Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 (VHA), on October 1, 2025.
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