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Small Business Event | 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement | Cleveland Ohio Dec 8-9 | Amendment 10

Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36U10126Q0023

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The VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is promoting 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. It is an information notice, not a contract opportunity: small businesses, especially Veteran-owned ones, register to meet VA and industry decision makers. This amendment (number 10) only adds another NAICS code so the notice reaches more communities.

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Not a contract opportunity. This is an event announcement, so there is nothing to bid on and no contract will result from it. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this notice.
Travel to Cleveland required to attend. The event is in person, so you would bear travel and registration costs. in Cleveland, Ohio at the Huntington Convention Center

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36U10126Q0023 0010.docx
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36U10126Q0023 0003.docx
36U10126Q0023 0002.docx
36U10126Q0023 0001.docx
36U10126Q0023.docx
SAM.gov-NVSBE -21Aug2026-FINAL.pdf

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Full brief

What they want

Veteran-owned and other small businesses to register for and attend the event
Attendees prepared to talk with Procurement Decision Makers about their capabilities

Period of performance: Dec 8, 2026 8:00 AM-5:00 PM EST and Dec 9, 2026 8:00 AM-3:00 PM EST (event dates)
Place of performance: Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Offers due: 12-08-2026 23:59 Eastern Time (response date in the notice)
How to submit: Register online at https://portal.vetbiz.va.gov/nvsbe/2026/

What to include when you submit

Register through the VetBiz event portal link for the 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement
Review the event webpage carefully before registering
Event questions go to NVSBEregistration@arrowarc.com or DirectAccess@va.gov
No proposals are accepted in response to this notice

Not in the notice text

Registration cost, if any (on the event website, not in the notice)
The notice is filed under a hospital NAICS code (622110) only because of a SAM.gov limitation; it does not describe hospital work

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Key facts

Response due: Dec 9, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC
Posted: Oct 5, 2026
Notice type: Sources Sought
Solicitation: 36U10126Q0023
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Office: Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) (36U101)
NAICS: 622110
Product/service code: R499
Business type: Medical & healthcare
Contracting contact: Direct Access Program (DAP)DirectAccess@va.gov202-461-4694

What similar contracts paid

267 contracts at this agency under the same NAICS code had activity in the last 5 years, according to USAspending.gov. Small businesses won 30% of the dollars in this market over the last 3 fiscal years.

Typical contract$75.4KMiddle half: $20.8K to $263K

Typical per year$50.2KValue divided by years of performance

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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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