DH10--HAMPTON VAMC TELE TOWNHALL SOURCES SOUGHT

SUBJECT* HAMPTON VAMC TELE TOWNHALL SOURCES SOUGHT GENERAL INFORMATION CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE* 23667 SOLICITATION NUMBER* 36C24626Q0798 RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE 07-22-2026 10AM EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA ARCHIVE 30 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N SET-ASIDE PRODUCT SERVICE CODE* DH10 NAICS CODE* 517810 CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 6 100 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA 23667 POINT OF CONTACT* Contracting Officer John P Harmsen john.harmsen@va.gov 757-722-7961 PLACE OF PERFORMANCE ADDRESS VAMC HAMPTON 100 EMANCIPATION DR HAMPTON VA POSTAL CODE 23667 COUNTRY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AGENCY’S URL https://www.va.gov/ URL DESCRIPTION VA Home Page AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS john.harmsen@va.gov EMAIL DESCRIPTION John P Harmsen DESCRIPTION STATEMENT OF WORK FOR TOWN HALL PLATFORM (Software As A Service) 1. GENERAL 1.1 BACKGROUND: At the Hampton VA Health Care System (HVAHCS), regular input from employees and Veterans is essential to continuous improvement. Historically, Interactive Town Hall engagement sessions were sparsely attended, with 20 or fewer in person participants, limiting leadership’s ability to identify issues and implement timely improvements. In exploring best practices, new Virtual Town Hall technology has demonstrated significant impact, enabling engagement with several thousand participants at other VA Healthcare Systems. Consistent outreach helps maintain an effective feedback loop to identify what is not working, informing follow-up actions, and strengthening both the Veteran and employee experience. When employees and Veterans are engaged fewer than four times annually, they may become disconnected and less motivated to provide meaningful insights. 1.2 SERVICES REQUIRED: An online Veteran and employee town hall engagement platform with integrated Telephony is required to enable Executive Leaders to continuously gather input from Veterans and employees and to provide timely feedback using a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model. The platform will enhance the organization’s ability to gather timely, actionable input from Veterans and employees by expanding participation through an accessible, scalable virtual engagement system that supports real-time two-way communication via online and Telephony access. It will enable leadership to quickly identify issues, monitor trends, and implement improvements based on stakeholder feedback, while ensuring reliable system performance, high availability, and responsive technical support. The solution will accommodate 12 to 16 scheduled town hall events annually under the IDIQ contract and provide robust reporting and analytics to evaluate participation, track feedback trends, and document outcomes. All services and data handling will comply with applicable federal, VA, and information security standards. The platform must support push/pull technology to facilitate real-time crowdsourcing, allowing leaders to engage groups directly and obtain actionable insights that drive ongoing process improvements. An IDIQ contract structure will support 12 to 16 town hall events per year, with the exact number determined by management needs. The contractor must provide a cloud-based town hall engagement platform with integrated Telephony capabilities to support real-time communication between Executive Leaders, Veterans, and employees. The platform sha will enable large-scale virtual engagement, support push/pull interaction, and facilitate rapid collection of feedback used to inform organizational decisions. Services shall include all required hosting, technical support, training, and system maintenance under a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. 1.2 OBJECTIVES for a Veteran and employee town hall platform: 1.2.1.1 Virtual Town Hall Event Platform with integrated Telephony 1.2.1.2 Pre-Town Hall Event – Automated voice message delivery to phone numbers. VHA to provide phone numbers in Microsoft excel format. 1.2.1.3 Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Surveys. 1.2.1.4 IVR - Responses results real time during town hall. 2 HAM 1.2.1.5 Peer to Peer texting 1.2.1.6 Town hall participant response data is deliverable and accessible by VHA via HTTPS or FTPS protocol and allows for secure movement of collected data from VENDOR to VHA following FIPS 140.2 Compliance as required for data exchange when exchanging information defined as Protected Health Information (PHI) or Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Including download of Voice messages left by town hall participants in Microsoft Windows media player format. 1.2.1.7 Platform allows for post event reports of the following metrics within 24 hours of call completion “prefer real time”. Example of minimally required reports as follows: 1.2.1.7.1 Total calls made 1.2.1.7.2 Total calls answered 1.2.1.7.3 Total calls disconnected 1.2.1.7.4 Time call was active in Minutes 1.2.1.7.5 Percent of participants staying on the phone line for the duration of the call 1.3 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Base plus one (4) option years 1.4.1 Base year: 09/01/2026 – 08/31/2027 1.4.2 Option year 1: 09/01/2027 – 08/31/2028 1.4.3 Option year 2: 09/01/2028 – 08/31/2029 1.4.4 Option year 3: 09/01/2029 – 08/31/2030 1.4.5 Option year 4: 09/01/2030 – 08/31/2031 2. DEFINITIONS HVAHCS: Hampton VA Health Care System SaaS: Software as a Service (SaaS) - is a software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts application and makes them available to customers over the Internet. IVR: Interactive Voice Response (IVR) - is an automated telephony system that interacts with callers, gathers information and routes calls to the appropriate recipients. An IVR system (IVRS) accepts a combination of voice telephone input and touch-tone keypad selection and provides the appropriate responses in the form of voice, fax,…