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Award notice, first published as presolicitation

Notice of Award - Cable, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services - Base Plus 4 Option Years Contract - for the VA Black Hills Health Care System - Fort Meade Campus

36C26326Q0673

Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contract Office 23. Wired Telecommunications Carriers.

Awarded

Midcontinent Communications

$40,921.20 obligated so far on USAspending

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This one was awarded in 2026

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Description

As published on SAM.gov with the presolicitation of May 6, 2026.

This Notice of Intent is provided to advise that the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source, Firm-Fixed Price contract with only one source, Midcontinent Communications, to provide Cable, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services to the VA Black Hills Health Care System Fort Meade Campus. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate a Sole Source award under the authority of RFO 12.201 1, which permits the use of simplified procedures for commercial acquisitions. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. However, in accordance with RFO Part 5 Publicizing Contract Actions, all responsible sources that feel they can meet the Government s requirements detailed above may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested party s bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and must include the organization s System for Award Management (SAM) Unique Entity ID (UEI), and the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), along with documentation verifying the vendor s authorized distributor/reseller status, if applicable. All offerors must have an active registration in SAM at www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be retained as Market Research. All responses must be received by 12:00 PM Central Time on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Responses shall be submitted electronically to Alisha Milander via email at Alisha.Milander@va.gov. Fax responses and Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

Attachments

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

UEI
N4D8VXJEB878
CAGE
1TQM5
Vendor location
Minneapolis, MN
Contract
36C26326P0492, purchase order
Obligated
$40,921.20, potential $209,196
Actions
1 between July 1, 2026 and July 1, 2026
Competition
Not Competed, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Cable, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services Base + 4 Option Years Eo 14398
Match
award number 36C26326P0492 equals the contract number; same awarding office 36C263 (high confidence)

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. May 6, 2026

    Presolicitation

    Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Cable, Internet, Phone, and Digital Music Services for the VA Black Hills Health Care System – Fort Meade Campus

    Due May 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice ff3965a1bea64fab86c50c2c0ea50893

    1 revisions on SAM
    • May 6, 2026: publish, presolicitation
  2. July 1, 2026

    Award notice

    Awarded to Midcontinent Communications for $209,196. SAM.gov, notice 232558c2384a49609571c72e60e483ea

    1 revisions on SAM
    • July 1, 2026: publish, award notice

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