S02. 36C10G24Q1052 TRUSTWORTHY AI INTENT TO SS POSTING FOR SAM.pdf
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This document is a Special Notice from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Strategic Acquisition Center (SAC) regarding a sole source award for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Program Management Support.
The VA intends to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) sole source contract with Olympus Alpha, LLC., a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), to provide operational support, strategic planning, and priority support for the VA's Digital Health Office (DHO) and National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII). The required services include creating AI expertise, supporting project and portfolio tools, providing public relations and communications, optimizing AI use case intake, project prioritization, and resource planning. The applicable NAICS code is 541611 - Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services, with a $24.5M size standard. The PSC code is R408 - Support- Professional: Program Management/Support. The VA is using the statutory authority of the Veterans First Contracting Program under 38 USC 8127(c) to make this sole source award to an SDVOSB without full and open competition. This is not a request for proposals, and the government will not be responsible for any costs associated with responding to this notice.
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Special Notice
*= Required Field Special Notice
SUBJECT* TRUSTWORTHY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM SUPPORT INTENT TO
SOLE SOURCE
GENERAL INFORMATION
CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
ARCHIVE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
NAICS CODE*
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
POINT OF CONTACT*
22408-2697
36C10G24Q0152
09-24-2024 10:00am EASTERN TIME, NEW
YORK, USA
15 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
N
R408
541611
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
OPAL | Strategic Acquisition Center
Contracting Officer
10300 Spotsylvania Ave | STE 400
Fredericksburg VA 22408-2697
Contracting Officer
William Milline
William.Milline@va.gov
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AGENCY’S URL https://www.va.gov
URL DESCRIPTION Department of Veterans Affairs
AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS William.Milline@va.gov
EMAIL DESCRIPTION Contracting Officer
DESCRIPTION
The Department of Veterans Affairs Strategic Acquisition Center (SAC) intends to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) sole source award to Olympus Alpha, LLC., a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), for the procurement of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence Program Management Support for the Digital Health Office (DHO), The National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII) within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Olympus Alpha will provide operational support in creating Discovery & Development in AI expertise, support for underlying project and portfolio tools to enable visibility into risks, status, and KPI compliance of AI healthcare projects, public relations, and communications support to ensure timely messaging on AI and Trustworthy AI executive orders and legislative requirements. Strategic planning and priority support to include optimization of the AI use case intake processes, project prioritization, resource planning, project analytics, and other duties as required in support of mission requirements.
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541611 – Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services is most appropriate for this requirement. The size standard is: $24.5 million. The Product Service Code (PSC) is R408 – Support- Professional: Program Management/Support.
In accordance with VAAR 819.7008, the determination to make a sole source award to an SDVOSB is a business decision wholly within the discretion of the Contracting officer; therefore, the requirement to ensure that offers are solicited from as many potential sources as practicable is not applicable to this procurement. In addition, 819.7008(c) further authorizes the Contracting officer to make the award without first determining that only one SDVOSB source can meet the requirement. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C.§ 253(c)(5) as implemented by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 6.302-5 entitled, “Authorized or required by statute”. The applicable statute is Public Law 109-461:
“Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006” specifically, the “Veterans First Contracting Program” outlined in 38 USC § 8127(c).
This is not a request for proposals. The Government is not responsible for any costs associated with responding to this notice.
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