DA10--Bi-Directional Image/Report Exchange

The Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center is seeking a Bi-Directional Image and Report Exchange System through this pre-solicitation notice (Solicitation 36C10B26Q0076). The procurement aims to establish an enterprise solution that enables seamless sharing of medical imaging and reports between VA medical centers, Department of Defense facilities, and community care partners across multiple imaging specialties. Key requirements include a 100% Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) deployment model that is FedRAMP High certified, integration with existing VA electronic health record systems, support for DICOM and HL7 data standards, zero-footprint viewer capabilities, advanced AI functionality, and 99.99% system uptime. The system must accommodate approximately 2 million imaging studies annually and 1,500 concurrent users while maintaining comprehensive patient data security and FIPS 140-2 compliance. The deadline for RFI responses is December 18, 2025, at 10:00 AM EST, with questions and answers posted on December 9, 2025, indicating the government has already engaged in market clarification rounds.

This procurement has no set-aside designations and represents a competitive opportunity for qualified vendors in the software publishing and business application development sectors (NAICS 513210, PSC DA10). No incumbent contractor information or specific budget ceiling has been disclosed in the pre-solicitation materials. The VA has emphasized preference for cloud-hosted solutions with multi-hospital system experience and existing deployments, as well as demonstrated capabilities in bi-directional imaging exchange. Implementation strategy includes direct onboarding of 80% of private sites within six months of contract award, followed by a VISN-by-VISN (Veterans Integrated Service Network) rollout across the VA system. Pricing expectations favor subscription-based models, and the selected vendor must commit to a 15-minute senior-level escalation service level agreement. Interested vendors should submit detailed responses addressing 34 specific technical and business questions, with submissions limited to 30 pages and directed to VA contract specialists Laura Startek at Laura.Startek@va.gov.