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IOTA Market Research FY 27 - FY 28

ID: 36C77626Q0225 • Type: Special Notice • Match:  100%
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Program Contracting Activity Central Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation Services (IOT&A) Veteran s Health Administration REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) 36C77626Q0225 The National Activations Office (NAO) was approved by the Under Secretary of Health in Fiscal Year 2012 to serve as a focal point for VHA medical facility activations. Activation is defined as the process of identifying, planning, managing, and executing the logistical and operational requirements to bring a new medical center into full planned operations. The medical center assigns VHA staff to an Activation Team which is responsible for managing the Activation Project and ensuring the new facility is in full planned operations on Day One (the first day clinical services are scheduled to be available to Veterans). Contractor services are often required to support the medical center's Activation Team. The purpose of this RFI is to find capable Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms to support the activation teams by conducting Pre-Planning and Activation services in support of multiple activation projects with the National Activation Office, Office of Capital Asset Management (OCAMS) - Activations, through Program Contracting Activity - Central (PCAC) during FY27 & FY28. This RFI is issued solely to determine the capability of eligible SDVOSBs to provide the services identified below. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 541614 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services - with a size standard of $20 million. To be eligible for a set aside under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans First Contracting Program, SDVOSBs must: 1) be verified by the VA as an SDVOSB and 2) meet the small business size standard for NAICS 541614. Additional information on the Veteran s First Contracting Program including verification instructions can be found at (http://www.va.gov/OSDBU/index.asp). A company that is not a small business under NAICS 541614 or not certified as an SDVOSB by the VA Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) in the Vendor Information Pages (VIP) database should not respond to this notice. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Quotation, or a Request for Proposal. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter negotiations to award a contract. Additionally, there is no obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services described in this RFI. Response to this RFI will be treated only as information for the Government to consider. The information provided may be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this RFI. Eligible SDVOSB firms should provide capability statements for the pre-planning and activation tasks outlined below within the RFI response: 1. Comprehensive Project Management Support Services 2. Comprehensive Interior Design, FF&E, and Space Planning Services 3. Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Transition Planning 4. Acquisition Planning Services 5. Acquisition Packages Development 6. Warehousing and Warehousing Management Services 7. Relocation of Reuse and Personnel Files 8. Activation Services and Post Occupancy Support 9. Staff Training and Orientation Generic capability statements will not be accepted or reviewed. Your response must include the following: Provide a summary of your technical capabilities to meet the tasks above. Corporate experience or expertise in performing pre-planning and activation type services for projects in a federal healthcare environment. Include specific examples and references. Specific examples or references provided must include the agency, point of contact (with email), general scope of work, dollar value, and contract number. Please identify if experience is as a prime or subcontractor. Please identify in your response any of your firm s existing contract vehicles (e.g. GSA federal supply schedules) which provide for the tasks described above. Responses are due no later than June 18, 2026, 4:00 PM EST, via email to: Contracting Officer, Janice Shahan at Janice.Shahan@va.gov, Contracting Specialists, Darin Smith at Darin.Smith@va.gov, and Lesa Crockett at Lesa.Crockett@va.gov. Questions and responses must be submitted via email to all contacts. No phone calls will be accepted. Please note RFI 36C77626Q0225 in the subject line of your response.
Background
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking to engage Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms to support the activation teams of the National Activations Office (NAO). The NAO was established to facilitate the activation of VHA medical facilities, ensuring they are fully operational on 'Day One' for clinical services available to Veterans. This Request for Information (RFI) aims to identify capable firms that can provide Pre-Planning and Activation services for multiple projects during Fiscal Year 2027 and 2028.

Work Details
The contractor will be responsible for the following tasks:

1. Comprehensive Project Management Support Services;
2. Comprehensive Interior Design, FF&E, and Space Planning Services;
3. Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and Transition Planning;
4. Acquisition Planning Services;
5. Acquisition Packages Development;
6. Warehousing and Warehousing Management Services;
7. Relocation of Reuse and Personnel Files;
8. Activation Services and Post Occupancy Support;
9. Staff Training and Orientation.

Firms must provide detailed capability statements that include their technical capabilities, corporate experience in federal healthcare environments, specific examples with agency references, contract values, and whether they served as a prime or subcontractor.

Period of Performance
Fiscal Year 2027 to Fiscal Year 2028.

Bidder Requirements
To qualify as an eligible bidder under the VA's Veterans First Contracting Program, firms must be verified as an SDVOSB by the VA.

Incumbent Analysis (see Incumbents section for more detail)
This opportunity appears to have a confirmed incumbent and/or closely related prior contract history, with Concourse Federal Group repeatedly awarded VA Initial Outfitting, Transition, and Activation (IOT&A/IOTA) services under similar NAICS work. Prior awards include Concourse Federal Group contracts valued at $2,817,098 (09/06/22–07/14/26) for IOT&A services for the VA San Diego Healthcare System Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center and $2,267,933 (04/22/22–07/21/26) for IOT&A services for the new Tulsa CHIP-IN project. These prior efforts align with the current requirement’s pre-planning and activation support for bringing VA facilities to full planned operations on Day One, indicating continuity in scope and deliverables.

Overview

Response Deadline
June 18, 2026, 4:00 p.m. EDT Past Due
Posted
June 3, 2026, 12:18 p.m. EDT
Set Aside
None
Place of Performance
Not Provided
Source

Current SBA Size Standard
$20 Million
Pricing
Likely Fixed Price
Est. Value Range
Experimental
$5,000,000 - $25,000,000 (AI estimate)
Signs of Shaping
95% of similar contracts within the VA Headquarters had a set-aside.
On 6/3/26 Program Contracting Activity Central issued Special Notice 36C77626Q0225 for IOTA Market Research FY 27 - FY 28 due 6/18/26.
Primary Contact
Title
Contract Specialist
Name
Darin Smith   Profile
Phone
Janice Shahan, Contracting Officer
Fax
Janice.Shahan@va.gov

Additional Contacts in Documents

Title Name Email Phone
Contracting Officer Janice Shahan Profile janice.shahan@va.gov None

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Additional Details

Source Agency Hierarchy
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF > VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF > PCAC HEALTH INFORMATION (36C776)
FPDS Organization Code
3600-00776
Source Organization Code
100180033
Last Updated
June 3, 2026
Last Updated By
darin.smith@va.gov
Archive Date
Aug. 17, 2026