In short
Veterans Affairs, Department of, a public buyer in United States, published this tender. Bids go through SAM.gov until October 6, 2026 (9 days left). The whole bidding period is 14 days. The portal doesn't publish an estimated value.
Details
| Buyer | Veterans Affairs, Department of |
|---|---|
| Estimated value | value not published on the portal |
| Bid deadline | October 6, 2026, 14:00 (UTC time) |
| Published | September 22, 2026 |
| Country | United States · SAM.gov |
| Process number | d8a636ff239345d3ada0ee196c7a8717 |
| Category codes | NAICS 541511, PSC DA10 |
Dates
PublishedSep 22, 2026Bid deadlineOct 6, 2026 · 14:00 (UTC time)
Official description
AWARD SYNOPSIS The purpose of this notice is to provide industry notification that on September 18 2026, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Technology Acquisition Center (TAC), 23 Christopher Way, Eatontown, NJ 07724, awarded two contracts for the Ambient Scribe Enterprise Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) effort to the following vendors: Carahsoft Technology Corporation Knowtex Inc. The Ambient Scribe Enterprise IDIQ is a multiple-award IDIQ contract with a 5-year ordering period and a shared maximum ceiling of $775.72 million across all awarded contracts. This IDIQ contract is to provide Commercial-Off-the-Shelf, cloud-based, ambient scribe solutions to transcribe clinical encounters, generate notes, and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) advanced functionalities to improve the efficiency of medical care utilizing a Software as a Service delivery model with AI techniques and technologies. The solutions will integrate with VA s Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and workflows to support provider-initiated encounter recordings. This mitigates the need for manual entry of patient identifying information and enables automatic insertion of draft notes into the EHR.
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