# Benefits Intake Optimization - Contract #3 (VA-25-00104528)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c10b25r0034

- Solicitation number: 36C10B25R0034
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Aquia Inc. for $2,018,736.68
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: Technology Acquisition Center NJ (36C10B)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside
- County: City of Virginia Beach (FIPS 51810). https://abierto.us/counties/city-of-virginia-beach-va-51810
- City: Virginia Beach. https://abierto.us/cities/virginia-beach-va-5182000
- First posted: September 9, 2025
- Last posted: September 12, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5f2455ca48a24015b570327e88114153/view

## Description

On September 12, 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center issued a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract 36C10B25C0050 to Aquia, Inc. This is a sole source contract to Aquia, Inc. under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(5), Authorized or Required by Statute , as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-5. For this action, 38 U.S.C.

8127(c), known as the Veterans First Contracting Program provides the authority to directly contract with a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business or a Veteran-Owned Small Business. In accordance with FAR 5.301(d)(1), this notification is being issued to provide the redacted Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition for this effort. All questions should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Troy Loveland at troy.loveland@va.gov.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Aquia Inc. (UEI RGMQQK1DLAN9)
- Contract: 36C10B25C0050, definitive contract
- Obligated: $2,720,583.55
- Competition: Not Available for Competition, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 36C10B25C0050 equals the contract number; same awarding office 36C10B (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C10B25C0050_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- September 9, 2025: Presolicitation, due September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice ca02ee4770634ea68fdf256947c8033c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ca02ee4770634ea68fdf256947c8033c/view
- September 12, 2025: Award notice. Notice 5f2455ca48a24015b570327e88114153. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5f2455ca48a24015b570327e88114153/view

## Points of contact

- Melissa Dirienzo, Contract Specialist, Melissa.Dirienzo@va.gov

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