VA AITC - Uptime Institute Annual Membership

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded contract 36C10C26P0025 to Uptime Institute Professional Services LLC for $125,000 on July 30, 2026, for Data Center Operations peer support group annual membership supporting the VA's Austin IT Center.

The award covers a base year plus four option years at $25,000 annually. Deliverables include access to Uptime Intelligence analysts and consultants, forward-looking intelligence reports and webinars, member survey results and benchmarking data, up to four hours annually of one-on-one advisory consultation, global access to membership events and member roundtable discussions, access to the TUI Network Online Portal, monthly newsletters, access to the Abnormal Incident Report database, and dedicated client support.

The VA awarded this as a sole source purchase under FAR 6.103-1 (Only One Responsible Source) and 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), justifying the award on the grounds that Uptime Institute is the only source capable of providing the industry-standard Data Center Tier Certification required to document AITC's data center equipment reliability. The Contracting Officer, Nicole Egan, certified the price fair and reasonable based on commercial catalog pricing comparison and independent government cost estimates. No set-aside was used. The action was synopsized on SAM.gov in accordance with FAR 5.201.