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Q517--36C25527Q0015 | Pharmacy Benefits Services | Wichita |

255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255) · Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center 5500 E. Kellogg Dr, Wichita, Kansas, 67218

Response status

Due in 8 days

Nov 16, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Oct 15, 2026
Archive date
Dec 16, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • 255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255) published this presolicitation.
  • The place of performance is Wichita, Kansas.
  • The notice uses NAICS 524292 (Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
109b678d745f4822a738b72aeef7c0f6
Solicitation
36C25527Q0015
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
Presolicitation
Solicitation number
36C25527Q0015
Set-aside
—
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Oct 15, 2026
Responses due
Nov 16, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Dec 16, 2026
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Sources Sought
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Oct 21, 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
255-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 15 (36C255)
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
LEAVENWORTH, KS, 66048, USA
Place of performance
Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center 5500 E. Kellogg Dr, Wichita, Kansas, 67218
City code
—
State
Kansas
State code
KS
Postal code
67218
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. This is not a request for proposal, quotation, or bid.� The Network Contracting Office 15 (NCO15), 3450 S 4th Street | Leavenworth, KS 66048 intends to issue a solicitation for a VOSB/SDVOSB set-aside, single award, Indefinite Delivery/indefinite Quantity Contract. The contract will cover the contractor provided third party pharmacy benefit services to support a First Fill Prescription Voucher Program serving eligible Veterans. This program provides first or urgent fill prescriptions when VA pharmacies are unable or impractical to dispense medications, such as after hours emergency room visits, time sensitive medications from Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs), Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), or telehealth appointments. The NAICS Code is 524292 Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third-Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds, NAICS Size Standard $4.5million. The Product Service Code is Q517 Pharmacy Services. All potential vendors MUST be registered and active in the SAM. SDVOSB/VOSB vendors must be registered in the SBA VetCert database. The solicitation will be issued electronically and will be available only via the Contract Opportunities / System for Award Management website www.sam.gov. No fax bid packages shall be accepted. The solicitation will be publicized on or about November 1st, 2026. No phone, fax or email inquiries will be taken for this Pre-Solicitation Notice

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$74,146
Median$161,358
High end (p75)$319,870
Comparable awards
27
Median
$161,358
Computed
Nov 8, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
EO 14398 - PHARMACY BENEFIT SERVICESPALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC$134,441.94May 14, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FIRST FILL PHARMACY SERVICES - WILMINGTON VAMCPALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC$130,000.00Jul 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FIRST FILL PHARMACY SERVICES - ALTOONA VAMCPALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC$265,000.00Jul 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FIRST FILL PHARMACY SERVICES - BUTLER VAMCPALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC$29,000.00Jul 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FIRST FILL PHARMACY SERVICES - ERIE VAMCPALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC$78,000.00Jul 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FIRST FILL PHARMACY SERVICES - PITTSBURGH VA MEDICAL CENTERPALISADE HERITAGE HEALTH, LLC$70,000.00Jul 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VIRTUAL PHARMACY SERVICES-BASE YEAR-SALEM,VABLISS PHARMACY SERVICES LLC$170,000.04Oct 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT - FOR EMERGENCY PHARMACEUTICALS FOR VETERANS P00001 INCORPORAPALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC$337,798.25May 11, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FUND ORDERING PERIOD 5 OF THE BASE CONTRACT TERM.PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC$347,316.63Oct 1, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
6-MONTH EXTENSION - PHARMACY FIRST FILL SERVICES FOR VISN12PALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC$276,750.00Jun 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
1ST FILL PHARMACY PRESCRIPTION SERVICES SFVAHCS TASK ORDER FY26PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC$300,000.00Jul 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398 PHARMACY REFILL SERVICESPALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC$25,000.00Oct 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DEOBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDS FROM OY2 AND OY3.PALISADE-HERITAGE JV LLC$731,102.00May 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PHARMACY BENEFITS MANAGEMENTPALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC$140,182.06Apr 6, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGEMENT FIRST FILL SERVICES IDIQ FOR CIVAHCSDISABLED VETERANS HAWAII LLC$26,550.00Jul 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EMERGENT FIRST FILL SERVICES EO 14398PALISADE STRATEGIES, LLC$30,000.00Jun 23, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICEPALISADE STRATEGIES, LLC$267,280.73May 22, 202450Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
EMERGENCY PHARMACYPALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC$60,664.61Jun 28, 202450Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
EMERGENCY PHARMACY SERVICESPALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC$646,332.80Dec 5, 202450Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
VISN 12 PHARMACY FIRST FILL SERVICES POP 8/1/2025 - 7/31/2026PALISADE-HERITAGE JOINT VENTURE II, LLC$326,493.60Jul 16, 202550Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)

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.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Oct 21, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 27 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 8, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.