SAM #36C10B26Q0501

VA Seeks Enterprise Infrastructure Automation Platform and Services for Technical Debt Reduction

The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information & Technology is seeking a commercial software platform and professional services to establish a centralized enterprise infrastructure automation control plane for its Infrastructure Automation Technical Debt Reduction (IATDR) program. - Government Buyer: - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Office of Information & Technology (OIT), Infrastructure Operations (IO), Data Center and Cloud Engineering (DCCE) - Technology Acquisition Center NJ - Products and Services Requested: - Commercial automation orchestration and governance platform (on-premises, sized for 128,000 managed endpoints, high availability, horizontal scalability, no per-run/worker fees) - Platform software licensing - Professional services for delivery, installation, configuration, integration, maintenance, upgrades, and incident response - Automation architecture and standards development - Infrastructure automation enablement for up to 50 VA teams (onboarding, migration, coaching, pipeline support) - Module and blueprint factory development (infrastructure-as-code modules, configuration management collections) - Automation governance (framework, guardrails, KPI reporting, quarterly reviews) - Knowledge transfer and training (role-based tracks, materials, session recordings, readiness assessments) - Authority to Operate (ATO) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) support - Optional services: additional team onboarding, extra training sessions, transition to government support - Unique/Notable Requirements: - Platform must integrate with VA enterprise systems (identity, secrets management, source control, change management, monitoring) - Sized for large-scale (128,000 endpoints) and must support high availability and scalability - Structured knowledge transfer and training for multiple roles - Governance and compliance (ATO, RMF, KPI reporting) - Optional transition plan for VA staff operational independence - No specific OEMs or vendors are named; responses should address platform capabilities, engineering, automation, governance, and training. - Work includes up to 12 annual trips to VA data centers and Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) gateway locations. - Base period is 12 months with four 12-month option periods (up to 60 months total).

Description

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only. Do not submit a formal quote. This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered an Invitation for Bid, Request for Task Execution Plan, Request for Quotation, or a Request for Proposal. Responses are due no later than 3:00PM (EST) on June 12, 2026 via email to Angela Key at angela.key@va.gov and John Vardouniotis at ioannis.vardouniotis@va.gov. Please note  Infrastructure Automation Technical Debt Reduction (IATDR) RFI  in the subject line of your response. Mark your response as Proprietary Information if the information is considered sensitive. The email file size shall not exceed 5 MB.

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