Project Name: Veteran Self-Employment Plan – AI Vending Machines; Project Number: None; and Station Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO), Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division
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Solicitation from the Department of Veterans Affairs, for work in Rapid City, South Dakota. Due Nov 12, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5), 6 days left.
| Title as posted | 3550--Project Name: Veteran Self-Employment Plan – AI Vending Machines; Project Number: None; and Station Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO), Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) Division |
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| Solicitation number | 36C10D27Q0011 |
| Agency | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Office | Veterans Benefits Admin (36C10D) |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310) |
| Product or service code | 3550 |
| Place of performance | Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Posted | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 12, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5) (6 days left) |
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Bid documents (5)
- Bid document 246 KB
- Price Cost Schedule 12 KB
- Requests for Information Form 16 KB
- Bid document 150 KB
- Request for Information Responses - Questions 1-25 133 KB
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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: South Dakota Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
See attached Request for Quotation (RFQ) solicitation [Document Number 36C10D27Q0011] posted on October 29, 2026. Reference the Statement of Work in Section B.3 on Pages 6-9 of this RFQ solicitation. Reference the Instructions to Offerors in Section E.2 on Pages 35-39 of this RFQ solicitation.
Reference the Evaluation Factors in Section E.9 on Pages 45-46 of this RFQ solicitation. See attached Amendment of Solicitation [Document Number 36C10D27Q0011 0001] posted on November 5, 2026.
Contracting contact
- Dirk Kelley · [email protected]
As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 333310, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,000 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Notice history
- Oct 29, 2026: Sources Sought Due Nov 12, 2026, 3:00 PM (UTC-5)
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing work, who also hold VA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC $4.7 million in this trade
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About the buyer
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $84.6 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Optum Public Sector Solutions, Inc., Mckesson Corporation and Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp. See what VA is buying now.
Who can bid: Small Business set-aside
Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.
All open Small Business set-asides.
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing contracts right now
There are 62 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 333310), 29 posted in the last 7 days; 55% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Defense Logistics Agency, Department of the Army and Department of the Navy. Most of the work with a stated place is in Pennsylvania, Virginia and South Dakota. A notice in this trade gives a median of 15 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 7 days.
All open commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing contracts
Coming up in this trade
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Recent awards in this trade
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