# Sole-Source Award Notice: START - AI Assistant Expansion

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/7571te26qe00291

- Solicitation number: 7571TE26QE00291
- Notice type: Justification
- Status: Awarded to Plexus Scientific Corporation
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources
- Contracting office: Omas Strategic Buying Center - Information Technology (7571TE)
- NAICS: 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services
- Product or service code: R499 Other Professional Services
- Place of performance: Fairfax, Virginia
- County: City of Fairfax (FIPS 51600). https://abierto.us/counties/city-of-fairfax-va-51600
- City: Fairfax. https://abierto.us/cities/fairfax-va-5126496
- First posted: October 5, 2026
- Last posted: October 5, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fa34e53eabc64bce85d98e496df9b930/view

## Attachments

- [HHS Template - SSJ under FAR part 8.4 START - Redacted.pdf](https://sam.gov/api/prod/opps/v3/opportunities/resources/files/945dcd8a6c204d15a1b24be7030fc22a/download)

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Plexus Scientific Corporation (UEI W8DLDF2KDJM4)
- Contract: 7571TE26F80337 under 47QTCA19D00MH, delivery order
- Obligated: $499,998.40
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 7571TE26QE00291 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 7571TE (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_7571TE26F80337_7571_47QTCA19D00MH_4732/

- Recipient: Plexus Scientific Corporation (UEI W8DLDF2KDJM4)
- Contract: 47QTCA19D00MH
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 999 offers received
- Link: award number 47QTCA19D00MH equals the contract number; awarding office not confirmed (medium confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_47QTCA19D00MH_4732/


## Open now in the same industry

13 open in NAICS 541511.

- Web Sustainment/Content Management/Cloud Hosting (H9821027SS0001), due November 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/h9821027ss0001
- F-35 JPO Enterprise Data Science and Analytics Support (N0001927R0054), due November 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/n0001927r0054
- AF-PLM Capability Integration, Sustainment & Licenses (FA8770-26-R-B009-SS2), due November 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST. https://abierto.us/opportunities/fa877026rb009ss2

## Publications

- October 5, 2026: Justification. Notice fa34e53eabc64bce85d98e496df9b930. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fa34e53eabc64bce85d98e496df9b930/view

## Points of contact

- Christopher Shih, christopher.shih@hhs.gov

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