Education Subscription Services
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Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), specifically the Birmingham VA Healthcare System, is soliciting proposals for Education Subscription Services. This opportunity seeks a web-based, interoperable, multi-product platform to support Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service personnel with remote clinical engagement, education, and exercise programs, as well as patient compliance monitoring. This is an unrestricted acquisition. Offers are due April 29, 2026, at 07:00 EDT.
Purpose & Scope
The Birmingham VA Healthcare System requires a comprehensive platform to enhance its Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service. The platform will facilitate remote patient engagement, provide educational resources, enable exercise program delivery, and track patient adherence. The goal is to improve patient care and professional development within the service.
Key Requirements & Deliverables
- Platform: Web-based, interoperable, multi-product system, not software-based, providing all features within a single system.
- Patient Engagement: Features must include video-based, printable, emailable, and textable home exercise programs; patient education; a mobile application; and patient satisfaction tracking (NPS).
- Professional Development: The platform must offer continuing education, compliance training, and a Learning Management System (LMS).
- Content: Provision of accredited clinical education courses for Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Speech-Language Pathologists, along with video-based webinars.
Contract Details
- Opportunity Type: Solicitation / RFP / RFQ
- Set-Aside: Unrestricted
- NAICS Code: 611430 (Professional and Management Development Training)
- Size Standard: $24.5 Million
- Period of Performance: A base year (September 15, 2026 - September 14, 2027) plus four (4) one-year option periods, totaling five (5) years.
- Estimated Value: $24 Million (total contract period)
- Place of Performance: Birmingham, AL, United States
Submission & Evaluation
- Submission: Offers must be submitted electronically as a combined single PDF to rudy.cortinez@va.gov.
- Required Documents: Signed SF 1449 (with Blocks 12, 17a, 17b, 30b, 30c completed), Section B.1 (Contract Administration), and Section B.2 (Price/Cost Schedule) with clearly noted discounts.
- Evaluation Factors: Award will be based on Best Value to the Government, considering Price, Technical Acceptability, and Past Performance.
- Cross-Reference: Offerors must provide a cross-reference demonstrating how each Statement of Work (SOW) requirement is met and document successful history in providing similar services.
Timeline & Contact
- Offer Due Date: April 29, 2026, 07:00 EDT
- Published Date: April 21, 2026
- Primary Contact: Rudy A. Cortinez (rudy.cortinez@a.gov, 706-733-0188)