Sources Sought
VA-27-00015330 - Mission-Oriented Services for Application Integration and Capabilities (MOSAIC)
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summaryThe Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Technology Acquisition Center NJ, is asking industry for ideas through a request for information (RFI) on a planned future contract called MOSAIC, which would make VA's data available through application programming interfaces (APIs: ways for software to exchange data), bulk access, event streaming and AI-ready data products. This is market research, not a solicitation. SAM.gov's response due date is November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Central, but the documents give conflicting dates and times. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of Veterans Affairs who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Technology Acquisition Center NJ, is asking industry for ideas through a request for information (RFI) on a planned future contract called MOSAIC, which would make VA's data available through application programming interfaces (APIs: ways for software to exchange data), bulk access, event streaming and AI-ready data products. This is market research, not a solicitation. SAM.gov's response due date is November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Central, but the documents give conflicting dates and times.
How to submit: Email to Juan C Perez, Contract Specialist, at juan.perez5@va.gov, with the subject line "MOSAIC RFI". What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Time of day differs on November 4, 2026. The submittal instructions say 10:00 a.m. ET, while SAM.gov shows 2:00 PM Central (3:00 PM Eastern) for the same day.
- Worth checking: Request for information only; no solicitation. VA is not obligated to issue a solicitation or award, and it pays nothing for responses.
- Worth checking: Strict 25-page limit and no generic capability statements. Pages over 25 are not reviewed, and a general capability statement will be rejected, so the response must answer VA's questions.
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- Worth checking: Large, enterprise-scale scope. The planned work covers VA Profile, VADIR, HDR and other enterprise data products, which suggests a large effort that small firms may need teaming partners to address.
- Minor: Five-year ROM requested. VA wants a five-year Rough Order of Magnitude with separate assumptions for several cost areas, which takes real pricing work.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. Show which files.
- 36C10B27Q0061_1.docx (read)
- 36C10B27Q0061.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Written answers to 10 questions on VA's future data environment, APIs and integration, work VA should stop doing, and operating model (managed services versus platform-first)
- Advice on moving VA Profile, VADIR, HDR, existing API products and related integration work into a future contract
- A way to size and classify future work as orderable units, without open-ended labor
- Measures of performance and value, plus security, portability and exit terms
- A five-year Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM: a ballpark cost estimate) with separate lines for transition, baseline operations, modernization, platform/tooling, AI/automation consumption and future demand
- A recommended acquisition structure (single or multiple awards, task orders, source-selection approach)
- A business profile: size, socioeconomic status, SAM.gov and VetCert status, contract vehicles, role as prime or subcontractor, relevant experience
- Contract type
- Request for information (sources sought); contract type for the future MOSAIC acquisition is not decided
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not an evaluation: responses are used for market research and will not be used for proposal evaluation. The future source-selection approach is not decided.
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 2:00 PM Central (SAM.gov); the documents give other times and dates, see red flags
- How to submit
- Email to Juan C Perez, Contract Specialist, at juan.perez5@va.gov, with the subject line "MOSAIC RFI"
- Page limits
- Whole response: 25 pages; the Government will not review pages beyond that. Total email size including attachments: 5 MB.
What to include when you submit
- Use "MOSAIC RFI" as the email subject line
- Clearly mark proprietary information portions of the response
- Do not include marketing materials; generic capability statements will not be accepted or reviewed
- Include legal business name, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), business size under the NAICS code and socioeconomic status
- Include SAM.gov registration status and SBA VetCert (veteran certification) status, if applicable
- List relevant Government-wide, multi-agency or agency contract vehicles, and whether you would be a prime, subcontractor or team member
- State the estimated percentage of the work you would perform directly
- If set aside for small business, SDVOSB or VOSB, say whether you can meet the limitations on subcontracting
- Describe relevant experience with enterprise-scale data, integration, interoperability or mission-critical environments, and recommend NAICS and PSC codes with reasons
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The RFI says VA currently supports VA Profile, VADIR, HDR and existing API products, but names no current contractor.
Not in the notice text
- The correct response due date and time: SAM.gov and the documents disagree (November 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central, 10:00 AM ET, or October 30, 2026)
- The set-aside is not stated on SAM.gov; the RFI header lists N/A and VA will use responses to decide any set-aside
- The place of performance is not given
- Contract type, single or multiple award, period of performance, ceiling, pricing model and final evaluation factors for MOSAIC are not decided
- The final list of products, transition boundaries and work split among MOSAIC, VA and other contracts are not determined
- The Government's estimate or budget for MOSAIC is not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Technology Acquisition Center NJ (36C10B), Eatontown, NJ
- Product/service code
- DA01 · IT and Telecom – Business Application/Application Development Support Services (labor)
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541512)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 20, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 4, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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