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V225--El Paso, TX Air Ambulance Transportation Services

257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257) · El Paso VA Health Care System 5001 North Piedras Street, El Paso, Texas

Response status

Due in 7 days

Sep 3, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC

The response window is short.

Posted
Aug 26, 2026
Archive date
Sep 8, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257) published this sources sought.
  • Competition is listed as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.
  • The place of performance is El Paso, Texas.
  • The notice uses NAICS 621910 (Ambulance Services).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
cd1e1429aeea4e59b829b7bfe0f1ae1a
Solicitation
36C25727R0006
Base type
Sources Sought
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Sources Sought
Solicitation number
36C25727R0006
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside
Set-aside code
SDVOSBC
Posted
Aug 26, 2026
Responses due
Sep 3, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 8, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Aug 28, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Department code
Subagency
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Subagency code
Office
257-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 17 (36C257)
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
San Antonio, TX, 78240, USA
Place of performance
El Paso VA Health Care System 5001 North Piedras Street, El Paso, Texas
City code
State
Texas
State code
TX
Postal code
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

1. This is a Sources Sought Notice Only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This market research notice is being conducted by Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 17, 5441 Babcock Road Ste. 302, San Antonio, TX 78240. 2. The requirement is for Air Ambulance Transportation Services in support of the El Paso VA Health Care System See DRAFT PWS. 3. If this is a Service your business can provide, please respond to this Sources Sought Notice by 3:00 PM Central Time on Thursday, September 03, 2026. 4. The intent of this notice is to establish sources to define the procurement strategy (e.g., set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that VA intends to post soon. Interested Contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following: a. If you have an existing GSA or VA, Federal Supply Schedule contract, include the contract details in your response. b. Please note that VA is particularly interested in determining the availability of Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses that can provide this service. c. Vendors are encouraged to submit estimated market research pricing and capability statement with their responses but is not mandatory. If known, submit estimated market research pricing with your response (i.e. breakdown per mile, base rate mileage, etc.) The estimated pricing will be considered when determining the procurement strategy for the future solicitation. 5. Responses shall include the following information as listed in the attached questionnaire: a) Business Name b) Business Address c) Point of Contact - Name - Phone Number - E-mail Address d) SAM UID Number e) Currently registered in SAM (Yes or No). If Yes, provide expiration date. f) NAICS code g) Business Size: Small or Large h) Type of Business: Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), 8(a), HUBZone, Woman-Owned (WOSB), etc. i) GSA or VA FSS Contract Number, if applicable All businesses eligible to provide this service are encouraged to reply as this information may be used to determine potential set-asides for the above-noted requirement. 6. Send responses to both the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer. CS: Mariangie Rios Vazquez, mariangie.riosvazquez@va.gov CO: Astrid McKinney, astrid.mckinney@va.gov Responses in the email subject line shall state: 36C25727R0006, Sources Sought Notice Response DISCLAIMER: This notice is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this notice.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

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Comparable awards

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No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Aug 28, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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