DA10--Columbia CareerScope One Source NOTIFICTION OF ONE SOURCE

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Benefits Administration at the Columbia Regional Office in Columbia, South Carolina, is procuring CareerScope online assessment services, a managed platform designed to assist VR&E (Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment) counselors with vocational assessments for veterans. This procurement is being conducted as a restricted, one-source competition under 41 U.S.C. 1901 and FAR 12.102(a) because Vocational Research Institute (VRI) is identified as the sole publisher and proprietor of the CareerScope system, with no other source authorized to reproduce, distribute, or administer this assessment in an online format. The contract will be classified under Product Service Code DA10 (IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Software as a Service) and NAICS Code 518210 (Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services). The response deadline is April 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time, and the VA anticipates issuing an award on or around April 21, 2026. Inquiries should be directed to Contracting Officer Afia Monteaperto at afia.monteaperto@va.gov or 848-377-5187, with email subject lines formatted as "Columbia CareerScope - Columbia VARO" followed by the company name.

This procurement uses no set-aside designations, and the anticipated awardee is Vocational Research Institute, a registered small business that will receive an open market award. No specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the presolicitation notice, and the contract documents do not indicate a predetermined quantity of assessments or a specific timeline for service delivery beyond the anticipated award date. The size standard for this NAICS code is $40 million, establishing the threshold for small business classification. As this is a one-source restricted competition, evaluation criteria are not detailed in the presolicitation notice, as the contract will be awarded directly to VRI based on its unique capability to provide the CareerScope system. Interested parties should note that this announcement serves as notification of the VA's intent to conduct a restricted competition, and the actual solicitation with detailed requirements and terms will follow.