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Minneapolis VA Medical Library Serials & Periodicals Solicitation

NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263) · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417

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Response status

Due in 7 days

Sep 11, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC

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Posted
Sep 1, 2026
Archive date
Sep 26, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263) published this solicitation.
  • Competition is listed as Small Business Set-Aside - Total.
  • The place of performance is Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  • The notice uses NAICS 513120 (Periodical Publishers).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
45277e76908d40bbb5983d677b9713a4
Solicitation
36C26327Q0008
Base type
Solicitation
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
Solicitation
Solicitation number
36C26327Q0008
NAICS
513120 — Periodical Publishers
PSC
7630 — NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
Set-aside
Small Business Set-Aside - Total
Set-aside code
SBA
Posted
Sep 1, 2026
Responses due
Sep 11, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 26, 2026
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Sep 5, 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
NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 23 (36C263)
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
Saint Paul, MN, 55101, USA
Place of performance
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417
City code
—
State
Minnesota
State code
MN
Postal code
55417
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

this is the notice of the publication of the Minneapolis VA Library Serials & Periodicals Solicitation (Solicitation #: 36C26327Q0008). The question deadline is 08/26/2026, 17:00 Central Time. The offer deadline is now 09/11/2026, 17:00 Central Time. Amendments published: Amendment 0001 has been published extending the offer deadline to provide additional time to respond to vendor questions. Read all of the directions very carefully and make sure to follow them. Make sure to pay extra attention to the Addendum to Instructions to Offerors FAR 52.212-1 for offer submission instructions. Always utilize the most recent version of the solicitation posting on SAM.gov to avoid issues with out of date forms or information

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$21,028
Median$52,000
High end (p75)$119,046
Comparable awards
50
Median
$52,000
Computed
Sep 4, 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
FOREIGN POLICYTHE SLATE GROUP LLC$122,217.00Jul 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPTION YEAR 2.ELSEVIER INC.$4,834,834.99Apr 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SUBSCRIPTION FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO THE NEWSBANK ACCESS WORLD NEWS RENEWSBANK INC$36,900.00Jul 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
RENEW ELECTRONIC PERPETUAL ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO THE BIOONE COMPLETE COLLECTION FROBIOONE$33,884.30Aug 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
RENEW SUBSCRIPTION FOR ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO ALL SECTIONS OF JOVE JOURNAMYJOVE CORPORATION$59,675.00Aug 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
UNINTERRUPTED, UN-EMBARGOED, PERPETUAL ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO THE PROCEEDNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES$20,490.00Aug 26, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SUBSCRIPTION FOR ELECTRONIC PERPETUAL ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO THE FULL CONTENT OF THEAMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS$52,000.00Aug 31, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FPAC FSA FARM LOAN PROGRAMS FARM EQUIPMENT VALUATION RESOURCE SUBSCRIPTIONS OF FARM EQUIPMCATALYST COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, LLC$147,216.00Jul 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
RENEW ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR ALL USDA USERS TO SPECIFIED CONTENT OF FOUR PUBLICATIONS (SCIEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE$54,733.70Jul 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NATIONAL MINERALS INFORMATION CENTER (NMIC) REQUIRES CENTER-WIDE ACCESS SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR CRU INTERNATIONAL LTD.$114,862.33Mar 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
S&P GLOBAL CIQ PRO DESKTOP LICENSESS&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE LLC$51,010.00Aug 19, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR BLM LIBRARYVESEQU LLC$111,340.93Jul 15, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LEGAL PUBLICATIONSCCH INCORPORATED$24,278.00Mar 5, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
LEGAL PUBLICATIONSRELX INC.$18,018.00Apr 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IBISWORLD REPORTSIBISWORLD, INC.$17,200.00May 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VITALLAW LITIGATION INTEGRATED LIBRARY, LOGINSCCH INCORPORATED$240,318.57Jun 25, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ACCESS WORLD NEWS AND HERITAGE HUBNEWSBANK INC$51,229.00Jul 16, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDER IS TO ACQUIRE 2026 TAX ANALYSTS ELECTRONIC ACCESS FOR INTERNAL RTAX ANALYSTS$313,855.00Mar 2, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
S&P GLOBAL CAPITAL IQ PRO SUBSCRIPTION - INCORPORATE 52.222-90 CLAUSES&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE LLC$595,000.00May 28, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
WILEY CORE COLLECTION SUBSCRIPTION: JOURNALS - INCORPORATE DEI CLAUSE AND UPDATE THE CONTRCOX SUBSCRIPTIONS, INC.$173,737.23Jul 9, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

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 Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Sep 4, 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.