DA01--New Contract - Polypharmacy (VA-26-00018584)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center is soliciting proposals for the development and implementation of a comprehensive polypharmacy management software solution designed to reduce inappropriate medication use among veterans. The solution must consolidate VA and community-prescribed medications, assign risk scores at patient and medication levels, flag potential risks including drug-drug interactions and fall risks, and support safe deprescribing and shared decision-making. Key requirements include seamless integration with VA systems such as the Computerized Patient Records System and Federal EHR, hosting in the VA Enterprise Cloud environment, compliance with VA information technology and security standards including Zero Trust architecture, and achievement of 99.9% availability SLA. Evaluation will prioritize technical capability and past performance in comparable polypharmacy software implementations, followed by small business participation (with a minimum 10-17.5% goal including specific targets for socioeconomically disadvantaged businesses), veteran involvement, and price. The proposal deadline is January 28, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST, with Amendment 0002 issued on January 20, 2026 providing government responses to submitted questions and revisions to key solicitation sections.

This is a new contract with no set-aside designations and no identified incumbent contractors. The contract is structured as firm-fixed-price with an estimated total value of approximately $47 million, comprising a six-month base period and four 12-month option periods, with two additional optional tasks for enterprise-wide deployment and full capability features. The pilot phase will deploy to 10 VA Medical Centers during the base period, with potential expansion to 20 additional VAMCs during option periods and ultimately to all 170 VAMCs and 1,193 outpatient sites serving approximately 180,000 clinical users. Performance will take place in the United States, with the software to be fully hosted in the VA Enterprise Cloud. The contract includes mandatory Business Associate Agreement compliance for HIPAA and HITECH regulations, requiring contractors to implement comprehensive safeguards for Protected Health Information and report any breaches within 24 hours of discovery.