Sources Sought
Small Business Event | 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement | Cleveland Ohio Dec 8-9 | Amendment 7
Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36U10126Q0023
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This is not a contract bid. The VA's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is announcing its 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement, a two-day networking event on December 8-9, 2026 at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. This Amendment 7 only adds another NAICS code (541330 Engineering Services) so the announcement reaches more industries.
Watch out for
- Not a contract opportunity. This is an event announcement, so there is nothing to bid on and no award will come from it.
Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this notice.
- Travel needed. The event is in person in Cleveland, Ohio, so a business must cover its own travel and time on both days.
Read from the notice and 9 attachments.
- 36U10126Q0023 0007.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0006.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0005.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0004.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0003.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0002.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0001.docx
- 36U10126Q0023.docx
- SAM.gov-NVSBE -21Aug2026-FINAL.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Veteran-owned and other small businesses to register and attend the event
- Attendees to meet VA Procurement Decision Makers and program managers
- Nothing is being purchased and no offers are being collected
- Period of performance
- Event dates: Tuesday December 8, 2026 (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST) and Wednesday December 9, 2026 (8:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST)
- Place of performance
- Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- Offers due
- 12-08-2026 23:59 Eastern Time (response date listed on the notice)
- How to submit
- Register for the event at https://portal.vetbiz.va.gov/nvsbe/2026/ (no offers are accepted)
What to include when you submit
- Register through the VA Vendor Information Pages portal link for the 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement
- Read the event web page carefully before registering
- Questions about the event: NVSBEregistration@arrowarc.com; planning team contact DirectAccess@va.gov, 202-461-4694
Not in the notice text
- Registration fee, if any (see the event web page)
- Which VA buyers and programs will attend
- Detailed agenda and session schedule
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Key facts
- Response due
- Dec 9, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- 36U10126Q0023
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office
- Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) (36U101)
- NAICS
- 541330
- Product/service code
- R499
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research
- Contracting contact
- Direct Access Program (DAP)DirectAccess@va.gov202-461-4694
What similar contracts paid
65 contracts at this agency for the same NAICS and product/service codes had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 72% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.
Typical contract$938KMiddle half: $169K to $2.1M
Typical per year$507KValue divided by years of performance
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
1. PURPOSE: This amendment is being issued to reference an additional industry NAICS code that is closely associated with the specific communities of interest (COI), as a means of overcoming a functional limitation of SAM.gov, and maximize the reach of this announcement. All other information remains unchanged by this amendment.
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