Ordained Catholic Priest Services at Tomah VAMC

Federal · Department of Veterans AffairsDue Thursday, October 29, 2026

Client: Department of Veterans Affairs
RFP Number: —
Posted: 10/9/2026
Category: US Federal
Budget: —
NAICS: 813110
Set-aside: Small Business Set Aside - Total
Contact: Lemke, Justin
Email: Justin.Lemke@va.gov

Description

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The Department of Veterans Affairs requires an ordained Catholic priest to provide religious services at the Tomah VA Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin. The contractor must conduct one weekly Catholic Mass on campus, address sacramental needs such as Holy Communion, Reconciliation, and Last Rites while on site, and provide emergency on-call end-of-life ministry up to five times every 12 months upon chaplain request. The opportunity features an SBA set-aside. Interested parties must submit their responses electronically to Contract Specialist Justin Lemke at [email protected] by October 29, 2026, at 10:00 AM Central Time.

Official SAM.gov notice

Solicitation number: 36C25227Q0035
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Buying office: 252-Network Contract Office 12 (36C252)
Notice type: Presolicitation
Responses due: Oct 29, 2026, 11:00 AM ET
Posted on SAM.gov: Oct 8, 2026
NAICS: 813110 · Religious Organizations
Product/service code: G002
Set-aside: Small Business Set Aside - Total
Place of performance: Tomah, WI, 54660
Contracting contact: Lemke, Justin, Contract Specialist
Justin.Lemke@va.gov
Email only

Read the official notice description

Contractor shall provide Ordained Catholic Priest duties and services for the Tomah VA Medical Services are as follows: The contracted Catholic Priest shall be on the Tomah VAMC campus weekly to provide one Catholic Mass service for Catholic Veterans. While on site, the contracted Catholic Priest shall meet any identified Sacramental needs for Catholic Veterans to include, but not be limited to, Holy Communion, Reconciliation and Last Rites. Provide emergency on call, end of life Catholic Ministry for Veterans actively dying, when requested by Chaplain, for the Tomah VAMC as needed not to exceed 5 visits every 12 months.

Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).

Incumbent

Likely prior awards for this requirement

Likely match

Awarded by the same buying office (36C252) with descriptions matching "ordained catholic" or "catholic", performed in WI. The notice does not name its current contract, so confirm before relying on it.

Vendor and award	Value	Ends
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH, IRON MOUNTAIN36C25224P0720 · CATHOLIC PRIEST SERVICES AT OSCAR G. JOHNSON IRON MOUNTAIN, MI VAMC	$37,250	May 31, 2029
MUSIC MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL INC36C25223P0181 · CATHOLIC MUSICIAN SERVICES AT THE VAMC IN MILWAUKEE, WI.	$39,568	Dec 31, 2027
ROBERT CARLTON36C25224P0058 · CATHOLIC PRIEST SERVICES AT THE VAMC IN CHICAGO, IL.	$166.0K	Nov 30, 2027
PATRICK J WENDLER36C25226P0015 · ORDAINED CATHOLIC PRIEST SERVICES AT WILLIAM S. MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL IN MA	$37,444	Sep 30, 2027
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, INC., DIOCESE OF MADISON36C25221C0053 · CATHOLIC PRIEST SERVICES AT THE VAMC IN MADISON, WI.	$53,793	Apr 30, 2026

Market context

Awards in the same category (Religious Organizations). This is not this requirement's award history.

Top vendors in this category: Department of Veterans Affairs, NAICS 813110, since Oct 1, 2024

47 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

1. NATIVE PATHWAYS RECOVERY LLC$388.6K
2. ARCHDIOCESE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OKLAHOMA CITY$289.0K
3. ROBERT CARLTON$124.5K
4. LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INC$79,000
5. JAMES MURPHY$70,083

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.

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