Sources Sought
Small Business Event | 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement | Cleveland Ohio Dec 8-9 | Amendment 3
Department of Veterans Affairs · Sol. 36U10126Q0023
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The VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is announcing its 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement, a networking event for Veteran-owned and other small businesses, in Cleveland, Ohio on December 8-9, 2026. It is posted as a sources sought notice, but it is an event announcement, not a contract opportunity. Amendment 3 only adds another NAICS code (513210) so more businesses see it on SAM.gov.
Watch out for
- Not a contract opportunity. This is a networking event announcement filed as a sources sought notice, so there is nothing to bid on and no contract will be awarded from it.
This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation.
- Travel to Cleveland. Attending means traveling to Cleveland for two days at your own cost, as far as the notice says.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments.
- 36U10126Q0023 0003.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0002.docx
- 36U10126Q0023 0001.docx
- 36U10126Q0023.docx
- SAM.gov-NVSBE -21Aug2026-FINAL.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Small businesses to register and attend the event at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland
- Attendees to meet VA procurement decision makers and program managers in structured activities
- Period of performance
- Event dates: December 8, 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST, and December 9, 2026, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST
- Place of performance
- Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- Offers due
- 2026-12-08 23:59 Eastern Time (the response date listed on SAM.gov)
- How to submit
- Register for the event online at https://portal.vetbiz.va.gov/nvsbe/2026/ (no proposal is submitted)
What to include when you submit
- Click the "Registration Open - 2026 National Veterans Small Business Engagement!" link on the registration page
- Review the event web page details carefully before registering
- Questions go to NVSBEregistration@arrowarc.com or DirectAccess@va.gov
Not in the notice text
- Registration fee or other cost to attend (not stated; see the event web page)
- Whether there is a registration deadline earlier than the December 8 response date
- Detailed event agenda and which VA offices will attend
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Key facts
- Response due
- Dec 9, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- 36U10126Q0023
- Agency
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Office
- Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) (36U101)
- NAICS
- 513210
- Product/service code
- R499
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom
- Contracting contact
- Direct Access Program (DAP)DirectAccess@va.gov202-461-4694
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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