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This is a Modification to a Previous Notice announcing a follow-up to a Sources Sought posting for an Ambient Scribe Enterprise IDIQ contract. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Technology Acquisition Center, located in Eatontown, New Jersey, intends to pursue a competitive acquisition on a full and open basis following market research. The solicitation will be posted to SAM Contract Opportunities under solicitation number 36C10B26R0006, with an estimated release date of March 24, 2026, subject to change. The contracting office point of contact is Contract Specialist Brandon Caltabilota at Brandon.Caltabilota@va.gov or 848-377-5177.

The underlying requirement is for a Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS), cloud-based, ambient scribe solution delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) to transcribe clinical encounters, generate clinical notes, and provide advanced AI functionalities to improve medical care efficiency. The solution must integrate with VA Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and workflows, enabling providers to initiate encounter recordings while automatically inserting draft notes into the EHR. The ambient dictation system shall operate passively on government or personal equipment under the VA's Bring Your Own Device program and generate draft clinical documentation in near real-time with a maximum two-minute delay, functioning in various clinical settings including those with poor connectivity. The Product Service Code is DA10, the NAICS Code is 541511, and there is no set-aside indicated for this acquisition.