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Federal · ME Due today

Physicist Consulting Services for Veterans Hospital

Department of Veterans Affairs
Plain-English summaryThe Manchester Veterans Affairs Medical Center is seeking professional physicist services. This contract is reserved for small businesses.
Keywords★ Small Business Set Aside - Total set-asidephysicistmedical physicsconsultinghealthcare consultingprofessional services
Due Thu, Oct 1 at 12:00 PM (today)  ✓ Check if you're ready View bid →
Who can bid

Only small businesses (under the SBA size standard for the bid's NAICS code) can compete. No certification is needed: you self-certify as small in SAM.gov.

How to get SBA certified →How to register in SAM.gov →

Get registered

How to register to bid in Maine

Where to register
Maine Vendor Self-Service (VSS)
Cost to register
Unknown - no registration fee is mentioned in official Maine materials
Where Maine posts bids
mevss.hostams.com
  1. On the state's VSS page, download the VSS Registration & User Guide (updated 10/1/2025) and watch the August 2025 registration training video.
  2. Open VSS. You can browse solicitations as a guest, or start a new vendor registration.
  3. Fill in every field marked with a red asterisk: login details, TIN type and number, classification, addresses and contacts.
  4. Submit. The thank-you page explains how to download the Substitute W-9 Certification form.
  5. Look for the "WELCOME TO ADVANTAGEME VSS" email, which should come within the hour.
  6. Log in and add commodity codes to your vendor record. You can search codes by description.
  7. Fill out the Substitute W-9 and mail or fax it to the Office of the State Controller, Attn: Vendor Registration, 14 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0014. The state strongly recommends this.
What to have ready
  • A username and password you'll remember. Both are case sensitive.
  • TIN type and number (EIN or SSN)
  • Your business classification (you pick it during registration)
  • Legal, Administrative, Ordering and Payment addresses (they can all be the same), plus an optional Billing address
  • A contact person for each address type
  • Commodity codes. The state posts NIGP and commodity code lists on the VSS page.
  • Registration with the Maine Secretary of State if it applies to your business (not stated in the VSS guide)

Read the full Maine registration guide →

Federal bids in Maine also need an active SAM.gov registration. How to register in SAM.gov

Common questions

What is a small business set-aside?

Only small businesses (under the SBA size standard for the bid's NAICS code) can compete. No certification is needed: you self-certify as small in SAM.gov. Set-asides are federal bids posted on SAM.gov.

How many small business set-aside bids are open in Maine?

There are 3 open small business set-aside bids in Maine right now. FindMyBids refreshes the list every morning.

How do I qualify?

Register in SAM.gov (free), then apply for the SBA certification the set-aside asks for at certify.sba.gov. Small business set-asides only need you to be small for the bid's NAICS code.