36C10B26Q0115.docx

SUBJECT*

Agentic AI

GENERAL INFORMATION

SET-ASIDE

Technology Acquisition Center

23 Christopher Way Eatontown NJ 07724

POINT OF CONTACT*

Contract Specialist Ethan Goldring Ethan.Goldring@va.gov 848-377-5180

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

ADDRESS

POSTAL CODE

COUNTRY

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

Request for Information Agentic AI

VA-25-00104844

1. Introduction This Request for Information (RFI) is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Task Execution Plan, Request for Quotation or a Request for Proposal. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. Your response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. You will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs that you incur in responding to this RFI. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated or received for this effort. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541519 with a size standard of 150 Employees.

2. Submittal Information:

All responsible sources may submit a response in accordance with the below information.

There is a page limitation for this RFI of 10 pages. The Government will not review any other information or attachments included, that are in excess of the 10 page limit. NO MARKETING MATERIALS ARE ALLOWED AS PART OF THIS RFI. Generic capability statements will not be accepted or reviewed. Your response must address capabilities specific to the services required in the attached draft Performance Work Statment (PWS) and must include the following:

a. Interested Vendors shall at a minimum, provide the following information in the initial paragraph of the submission:

Name of Company Address Point of Contact Phone Number Fax Number Email address Company Business Size and Status For VOSB and SDVOSBs, proof of SBA certification.

NAICS code(s) 541519 Socioeconomic data Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) Number Existing Contractual Vehicles (GWAC, FSS, or MAC)

b. Provide a summary of your capability to meet the requirements contained within the draft PWS to include the following areas:

1. Can your solution integrate with any type of healthcare dataset, including external and internal datasets in a privacy-compliant manner? Can the datasets be harmonized in a manner that respects standard data security and privacy requirements for each of the data owners?

2. Does your solution have an analytics platform that can be used by investigators without a coding background, using no-code interfaces such as free text queries to generate data summaries and statistical/analytic inference at the time of query (e.g. within the same day)?

3. How does your solution use agentic AI to streamline the research process?

4. Do you have an AI solution that can assist with any of the following (note as applicable): data analysis, manuscript preparation, identification of funding sources, grant applications?

5. Do you have a combined AI and data management solution that allows for efficient and personnel-lean clinical trial/research execution including potential subject identification directly from the EHR or provided data set, data management tools that allow for wearable device integration and surveys/clinical metrics via mobile applications, obtaining consent/study waivers, for example, in a HIPAA compliant manner that meets healthcare privacy and security requirements?

6. How do you collect feedback from users (e.g., healthcare providers or coders) during beta testing or post-deployment stages?

c. Please provide a Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) for this effort and the methodology used to develop the ROM. Should a company decide to provide this information, it will be treated as market research and does not bind the Government in any way.

d. Corporate experience or expertise in performing these services and specific examples or references. Specific examples or references provided must include the agency, point of contact, dollar value, and contract number.

e. For SDVOSB/VOSB vendors: Your company’s intent and ability to meet the set aside requirement in accordance with VAAR 852.219-73 (JAN 2023) (DEVIATION) VA Notice of Total Set-Aside For Certified SDVOSBs and 13 CFR §125.6, which states the contractor will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the government to the prime for contract performance to firms that are not certified SDVOSBs listed in the SBA certification database (excluding direct costs to the extent they are not the principal purpose of the acquisition and the SDVOSB/VOSB does not provide the service, such as airline travel, cloud computing services, or mass media purchases). When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract.

Your response shall include information as to available personnel and financial resources; full names of proposed team members and the PWS requirements planned to be subcontracted to them, which must include the prime planned percentage or the names of the potential team members that may be used to fulfill the set aside requirement.

f. Has the draft PWS provided sufficient detail to describe the technical requirements that encompass the services to be performed under this effort.

_______ YES

_______ NO (if No, answer question f)

g. If “NO”, please provide your technical comments/recommendations on elements of the draft PWS that may contribute to a more accurate proposal submission and efficient, cost effective effort.

NOTE: Technical questions may be submitted as part of your response, however, questions directed to the customer are prohibited. All questions in response to this RFI shall be included in a separate word document titled, AGENTIC AI RFI_Questions.

Responses are due no later than 12:00 PM EST, February 18, 2026 via email to Ethan Goldring, Contract Specialist at Ethan.Goldring@va.gov and Contracting Officer Edward Hebert at Edward.Hebert@va.gov. Please note “Agentic AI” in the subject line of your response. Mark your response as “Proprietary Information” if the information is considered business sensitive. The email file size shall not exceed 5 MB.

See Attached Document: Agentic_AI_PWS_Draft 2.0 See attached document: Agentic_AI_PWS_ Draft 2.0.

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