DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Office of Information and Technology (OIT)

Technology Acquisition Center (TAC)

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

VA Enterprise Cloud Brokerage Service

RFI Number: 36C10B26Q0766

NAICS Code: 518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and

Related Services

PSC Code: D399 - IT and Telecom - Other IT and Telecommunications

Set-Aside: Full and Open Competition (Market Research Phase)

Date Issued: August 17, 2026

Response Due: August 31, 2026

DISCLAIMER / NOTICE

This document is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with the preparation or submission of responses to this Request for Information (RFI). This RFI is issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201, Exchanges with Industry

Before Receipt of Proposals. The Government reserves the right to cancel this RFI at any time without obligation or notice.

Respondents are requested to address all questions below. Responses should be specific, concise, and based on existing or demonstrated capabilities. Where questions reference quantitative data, respondents should provide measurable evidence wherever possible.

Please provide the following in your response:

• Vendor name and POC information

• SAM Unique Entity ID

• Business size standard under NAICS Code 518210 (Large, Small, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.)

• List any federal contracts in which you are a prime contract holder, and this effort is withinscope of, for example: GSA, NASA SEWP, ETC.

Problem Statement

The Department of Veterans Affairs requires a solution to manage cloud credit procurement, utilization tracking, with highly granular and auditable reconciliation across current (Azure, AWS, GCP, & OCI) and future Cloud Service Providers (CSP). The absence of an integrated, automated, and enterprise-governed capability today creates gaps in financial oversight, delays in credit lifecycle management, and limits the VA’s ability to ensure accurate chargeback, compliance, and forecasting.

1. Enterprise Cloud Credit Procurement Outcomes

1.1 Unified Multi-CSP Credit Acquisition

VA seeks outcomes enabling a single, enterprise-governed mechanism for acquiring cloud credits and CSP-direct professional services across all CSPs. Desired results include predictable availability, prevention of fragmented purchasing, and standardized enterprise financial oversight.

1.2 Alignment with VA Financial Governance (FOCUS + FBO)

VA seeks outcomes that strengthen visibility and governance through combined use of FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) and VA’s Franchise Business Office (FBO) financial model, supporting transparency, cost accountability, and enterprise compliance.

1.3 Cloud Credit Procurement and Reconciliation

VA seeks industry feedback on capabilities supporting a Cloud Credit Procurement and Reconciliation acquisition that provides a single contractual vehicle for multi-CSP credit purchasing, fully integrated usage visibility, and standardized financial reporting aligned with VA governance models.

2. Enterprise Visibility and Usage Normalization Outcomes

2.1 Authoritative, Cross-CSP Visibility

VA seeks outcomes delivering normalized, granular usage insights across all CSPs, including service level, resource level, project level, and organizational attribution.

2.2 Operational Transparency and Anomaly Detection

VA seeks outcomes that provide consistent, real time operational insights, historical usage trends, and automated detection of unexpected consumption patterns.

3. Financial Reconciliation and Auditability Outcomes

3.1 End to End Financial Traceability

VA seeks outcomes enabling a complete, audit ready chain of custody from CSP billing records to VA general ledger entries, including identification of mismatches and disputed items.

3.2 Reliable Audit Confidence

The desired end state includes support for monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliation cycles with automated evidence production and minimized manual intervention.

4. Cost Attribution, Chargeback, and Showback Outcomes

4.1 Accurate and Transparent Attribution

VA seeks outcomes supporting automated, accurate chargeback and showback across multi-tier organizational structures.

4.2 Mission Aligned Cost Clarity

VA seeks outcomes that provide workload-level cost clarity, equitable allocation of shared service costs, and support for decision making around modernization and budgeting.

5. Financially Governed Cloud Lifecycle Outcomes

5.1 Integrated Provisioning and Governance

VA is seeking industry feedback on solutions that better integrate cloud intake, approvals, provisioning, governance, and decommissioning with credit availability, budget limitations, and VA financial policy.

5.2 Optimization and Waste Reduction

VA seeks outcomes that ensure lifecycle practices reduce unused resources, prevent inefficient deployment, and provide cost aware workload placement.

6. Multi-Cloud Scalability and Enterprise Integration Outcomes

6.1 CSP Expansion Without Reengineering

VA seeks outcomes that support seamless expansion to additional CSPs or domains without requiring financial governance redesign.

6.2 Interoperable Enterprise Integration

VA seeks outcomes that enable interoperable attribution, tagging, and billing pipelines across diverse CSP environments, with seamless integration into existing VA Enterprise Cloud connected systems and tools.

7. Transition, Adoption, and Sustainment Outcomes

7.1 Structured Adoption and Knowledge Transfer

VA seeks outcomes ensuring structured onboarding, documentation, and business process transition from existing models to new enterprise financial and operational workflows.

7.2 Long Term Operational Resilience

VA seeks outcomes that ensure VA teams can sustain operations without high vendor dependency, enabling durable capability and reduced operational risk.

8. Vendor Response Questions

These are fully outcome based and avoid prescriptive detail:

1. Does your solution enable competitive engagement across multiple CSPs, or is it limited to separate, one‑at‑a‑time negotiations?

2. What should the CLIN structure look like and have you implemented a similar program in other federal agencies?

3. Would your solution manage the credit procurement as an agent, or would you rely on the VA to provide a purchasing pass through to credit and utilization discount programming?

4. How does your broker implement and maintain compliance with the FinOps FOCUS specification, specifically ensuring consistent schema versioning, backward compatibility, and timely adoption of new FOCUS releases across all CSP data sources?

5. Does your solution enable automated, end to end provisioning; capturing user managed intake, automated approvals, resource provisioning, tagging enforcement, and financial policy alignment for the desired outcome of predictable, compliant, and low‑overhead cloud operations across all CSPs?

9.0 RFI Response Format and Structure

Respondents are encouraged to submit a single document that addresses VA’s Problem statement, individual sections and the Vendor Response Questions. Respondents shall adhere to the following formatting requirements:

Requirement Specification Max Page Count 10 pages Font Times New Roman, 12-point. Charts, tables, and figures may use 10-point font minimum.

Margins 1-inch margins on all sides.

Spacing Single-spaced.

Page Numbering All pages sequentially numbered in the footer (Page X of Y).

File Format Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Microsoft Office attachments

(Word, Excel, PowerPoint) are acceptable as supplementary materials only.

Maximum File Size

25 MB per submission. If the total submission exceeds 25 MB, respondents may submit multiple emails clearly labeled (e.g., "Part 1 of 2").

Paper Size 8.5 x 11 inches (US Letter).

9.1 Submission Instructions

Item Detail

Submission Method

Email to: Lauren Sankar@va.gov and John.Fields3@va.gov

Subject Line Format

"RFI 36C10B26Q0766 - [Company Name] - VA Cloud Brokerage Service"

Response Due Date

August 31, 2026 3 PM EST

Oral Presentations

The Government may request oral presentations and/or capability demonstrations from selected respondents following initial review of written responses. Oral presentations, if requested, shall not exceed 90 minutes, including a question-and-answer period.

Teaming Arrangements

Respondents planning to team or subcontract for significant portions of the work should identify team members and their roles in the response.

9.2 Points of Contact

Role Name Email

Contracting Officer John Fields John.Fields3@va.gov Contract Specialist Lauren Sankar Lauren.Sankar@va.gov mailto:Sankar@va.gov mailto:John.Fields3@va.gov mailto:John.Fields3@va.gov mailto:Lauren.Sankar@va.gov