U008--Certificate Program for Military Environmental Exposures

Statement of Work (SOW) / Performance Work Statement (PWS)

To maintain and expand the reach of the VA's Military Environmental Exposure Certificate Program, which trains physicians and healthcare professionals in environmental medicine.

• Maintain a web-based portal for the certificate program.

• Award certificates to program completers.

• Expand the program's reach through outreach and educational programming.

• Modify the web portal to accommodate new or updated training modules within 30 days of notification.

• Collect and validate certificates for Level 1 and Level 2 certifications within 5 business days of submission.

• Release official certificates from the professional medical organization.

• Maintain a validated data tracking system for weekly completion rates and performance metrics.

• Provide weekly reports on data trends, completion status, and anomalies.

• Provide biannual reports on data analytics and psychometric testing.

• Update and relaunch assessment exams at least annually.

• Develop and implement four hours of programming at the medical organization's Annual Conference on military exposure medicine topics.

• Implement a structured outreach plan based on semi-annual analysis.

• Coordinate standard advertising for the program through social media channels quarterly.

• Provide biannual reports on advertising reach.

• Portal operational 24/7 with no more than five failed registrations per annum.

• Changes implemented promptly and correctly within 30 days of notification, with no more than one deviation per annum.

• Certificates validated within 5 days of submission, with no more than one deviation per annum.

• Certificates provided from ACPM to qualified participants with zero deviation.

• Weekly reports on trends and anomalies provided reliably and accurately.

• Biannual psychometric reports provided with zero deviation.

• Exams updated and relaunched annually with zero deviation.

• Outreach plan implemented with zero deviation.

• Four hours of conference programming delivered with zero deviation.

• Quarterly advertising promotions sustained with zero deviation.

• Period of Performance: 09/19/2026 – 09/18/2030

• Place of Performance: Contractor's facility (virtual meetings will be held weekly).

• The contractor must be a medical professional organization.

• The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is identified as the sole professional medical organization capable of maintaining this program.

• Firm-fixed-price contract.

• No travel is required.

• Contractor will require access to VA Information and VA Information Systems.

• C&A requirements and Security Accreditation Package are not required.

• Government-furnished information will be provided.

Other / Unclassified

This document is a "Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract" for the "Certificate Program for Military Environmental Exposures" (SOL: 36C24226Q0641). The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) intends to award this contract on a sole source basis to AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE, INC. (ACPM) because market research indicated they are the only capable vendor. This notice is for informational purposes and not a request for competitive quotes.

The VA requires a contractor to maintain and operate the Military Environmental Exposure Certificate Program. This includes:

• Managing a specialized web-based training portal.
• Validating Level 1 and Level 2 certificate completions.
• Awarding official certificates recognized by a national medical professional organization.
• Delivering weekly and biannual performance reports.
• Updating training modules.
• Conducting psychometric analysis.
• Expanding outreach and participation in the program.
• Developing four hours of military exposure medicine educational programming for the organization's Annual Conference.

These functions are essential for fulfilling national medical military environmental exposure education requirements mandated under the PACT Act.

09/19/2026 - 09/18/2027, with three provisional option years.

This notice is NOT a request for proposals or quotations. No solicitation document exists. However, the Government MAY consider Expressions of Interest (EOI) received by Tuesday, June 02, 2026, at 15:00 EST. Information received will be used to determine whether to conduct competitive procurement. Submitters are responsible for ensuring their EOI reaches Mariangie Rivera (Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov) by the deadline. A Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached for requirement details.

Solicitation / RFP / RFQ

This document is a solicitation for a "Certificate Program for Military Environmental Exposures." The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, is seeking to maintain and enhance an existing medical education certificate program. The primary goal is to provide training, validate completions, manage a web-based portal, conduct psychometric analysis, deliver conference training, and perform targeted outreach to increase program completion.

• Maintain and enhance an existing medical education certificate program.

• Provide updates to training modules.

• Validate certificate completions.

• Maintain a web-based educational portal.

• Perform psychometric analysis.

• Deliver conference training content.

• Conduct targeted outreach and advertising to increase program completion.

• Product Service Code: U008

• NAICS Code: 611430

• Contracting Office Address: NCO 2, Department of Veterans Affairs, Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center, 113 Holland Avenue (2-90NCA), Albany NY 12208-3410.

• Response Date/Time/Zone: 05-26-2026 15:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA.

• Not specified in the provided text.

• The document references an "Intent to Sole Source - Certificate Program for Military Environmental Exposures" and "P01-PWS" as attached documents.

• The Contracting Officer is Mariangie Rivera, with email Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov and phone 518-626-6246.