# PACT Act- Accelerate Cybersecurity Excellence (ACE) (VA-25-00009832) Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/spruce0005 - Solicitation number: SPRUCE0005 - Notice type: Award notice - Status: Awarded to Rise8 Inc. Tampa 33602 FLK for $1,284,148.25 - 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 - First posted: September 24, 2025 - Last posted: September 24, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7492f5c8a715401c9984fce8a7cf96b9/view ## Description On September 23, 2025, the Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center issued a Firm-Fixed-Price Task Order 36C10B25N00040002 under Contract 36C10B25D0004 to Rise8, Inc. This is a sole source Task Order to Rise8, Inc. under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 4106(c)(4) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 16.505(b)(2)(i)(D), entitled "It is necessary to place an order to satisfy a minimum guarantee."  In accordance with FAR 5.301(d)(1), this notification is being issued to provide the redacted Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity for this effort. All questions should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Troy Loveland at troy.loveland@va.gov. ## Publications - September 24, 2025: Award notice. Notice 7492f5c8a715401c9984fce8a7cf96b9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7492f5c8a715401c9984fce8a7cf96b9/view ## Points of contact - Melissa Dirienzo, Contract Specialist, melissa.dirienzo@va.gov --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/spruce0005.