Solicitation
Defense Health Agency (DHA), Program Acquisition Executive, Digital Medical Solutions (PAE DMS), Enterprise Intelligence & Data Solutions (EIDS) Program Management Office (PMO), Data Exchange Services Operations, Modernization, and Development
Dept of Defense · Defense Health Agency (DHA) · Sol. HT003826SC005-AOI0002
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The Defense Health Agency's Digital Medical Solutions office wants commercial solutions to run, sustain, modernize and develop its Data Exchange Platform, which moves real-time clinical and operational health data between DHA, the VA and other partners. This is an Area of Interest call under the DHA Commercial Solutions Opening (a flexible way to buy commercial products), not a standard contract bid. Phase I responses are due by email on 28 October 2026, and work is tied to Rosslyn, VA.
Watch out for
- Key instructions are in attachments. The notice says submission requirements and other specific instructions are in attached documents and the CSO, which are not in this text, so format, page limits and evaluation details are unknown.
review all attached documents in their entirety for complete information regarding this opportunity, including submission requirements
- Short window for questions. Questions are due 14 October, a week after posting and two weeks before responses are due, so decide quickly if you need clarification.
no later than 14 October 2026, 1400 Eastern Time.
- Non-Government consultants may see your proprietary data. Submitting means you authorize non-Government advisors to review your material, which matters if you are protective of your approach or pricing.
authorization for the Government to use non-Government advisors during all phases of the AOI review
- Large, mission-essential healthcare platform. The platform handles real-time clinical data with more than 15 external systems and partners, so it likely needs deep health-data interoperability experience and strong security.
processing real-time clinical and operational data exchanged with more than 15 external systems and partners
- No payment for preparing responses. The Government will not reimburse your costs to prepare a submission.
the Government is not liable for costs associated with preparing materials submitted in response to this AOI
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Full brief
What they want
- Operate and sustain the Data Exchange Platform (DxP) that supports mission-essential MHS Information Platform functions
- Keep legacy services reliable, secure and continuously available
- Modernize the platform toward cloud-native, API-driven, standards-based and AI/ML-ready capabilities
- Develop new capabilities on the platform
- Support secure data exchange with more than 15 external systems and partners, including the VA and other Federal healthcare partners
- Place of performance
- Rosslyn, VA, USA
- Contract vehicle
- Defense Health Agency (DHA) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO), HT003826SC005 (Area of Interest #02)
- How they'll choose
- Not stated in the notice text. Responses will be used to assess solution maturity, technical feasibility, commercial viability and possible acquisition pathways.
- Offers due
- 28 October 2026, 1400 Eastern Time (questions due 14 October 2026, 1400 Eastern Time)
- How to submit
- Email to Lacey Lockard at lacey.n.lockard.civ@health.mil
What they'll judge offers on
- Solution maturity
- Technical feasibility
- Commercial viability
- Potential acquisition pathways
What to include when you submit
- Submit Phase I responses electronically; late submissions will not be considered
- Send technical and administrative questions to Lacey Lockard by 14 October 2026, 1400 Eastern Time
- Mark all proprietary, restricted or competition-sensitive information in your submission
- Review all attached documents in their entirety for submission requirements and other instructions
- Read the CSO HT003826SC005 on SAM.gov for the governing terms
You must have
- Offer a commercial solution that is available or can be configured, integrated, tested, demonstrated or modified to meet Government objectives
available or capable of configuration, integration, testing, demonstration, or modification to meet Government objectives
- Accept that the Government may use non-Government advisors (Boston Consulting Group and Andrew Morgan, LLC) to review submissions, or contact the POCs before submitting if you object
authorization for the Government to use non-Government advisors during all phases of the AOI review
Not in the notice text
- Contract type, period of performance and estimated value are not stated
- Which award authority and acquisition path will be used; the notice says only that the Government may use any applicable authority in the CSO
- What Phase I response format, page limits and content are required (stated to be in the attached documents and CSO)
- What happens after Phase I and how many phases there are
- Any security, clearance or cloud authorization requirements
- Who currently runs the Data Exchange Platform
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 28, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 7, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- HT003826SC005-AOI0002
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Defense Health Agency (DHA)
- Office
- Defense Health Agency
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 541512
- Product/service code
- DA01
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom
- Place of performance
- Rosslyn, VA
- Contracting contact
- Lacey Lockardlacey.n.lockard.civ@health.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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