# DA01- Pension, & Burial (VA-24-00011576) - Vets First Sole source

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c10b24q0470

- Solicitation number: 36C10B24Q0470
- Notice type: Presolicitation
- Status: Closed. Deadline was August 2, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: Technology Acquisition Center NJ (36C10B)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- Set-aside: Veteran-owned small business sole source
- Place of performance: Eatontown, New Jersey
- County: Monmouth County (FIPS 34025). https://abierto.us/counties/monmouth-county-nj-34025
- City: Eatontown. https://abierto.us/cities/eatontown-nj-3419840
- First posted: July 29, 2024
- Last posted: July 30, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/92a39b5a19fb4302beaa78a9aee3166e/view

## Description

This pre-solicitation notice/synopsis is being issued to fulfil the requirements of FAR 6.302-1(d)(2) and FAR 5.201. The proposed procurement is a sole source action for continue the current support for the VA.gov digital applications for the Pension and Burial programs.

The goal of this work is to make it easier and quicker for Veterans and their survivors to apply for and receive these benefits, including enhancing applicant understanding and experience, as well as ensuring claims are maximally accurate and minimally burdensome for claim adjudicators. This will entail conducting research, design, content creation, front and back-end implementation, testing, and support of relevant forms and features compliant with all relevant security and accessibility requirements.

Implementation will require primarily building on VA.gov within vets-website and vets-api and integrating with external services and systems as necessary, utilizing capabilities in the Virtual Regional Office (VRO), and leveraging VA Notify for notifications to Veterans. Depending on prioritization of features, work may require building Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) on the VA’s Lighthouse API platform.

The proposed contractor is Coforma, LLC, located at 1200 18th Street N.W., Suite 700. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this acquisition is 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(5), Authorized or Required by Statute, as implemented by FAR 6.302-5. For this action, 38 U.S.C. 8127(c), known as the Veterans First Contracting Program provides the authority to directly contract with a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB).

## Publications

- July 29, 2024: Presolicitation, due August 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 31833ae9fb1e418bb455870f22958267. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/31833ae9fb1e418bb455870f22958267/view
- July 30, 2024: Presolicitation, due August 2, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 5587b6cf55b84579b8f69070a2c6430e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5587b6cf55b84579b8f69070a2c6430e/view
- July 30, 2024: Presolicitation, due August 2, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 92a39b5a19fb4302beaa78a9aee3166e. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/92a39b5a19fb4302beaa78a9aee3166e/view

## Points of contact

- brianna feaster, brianna.feaster@va.gov

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