R408--Innovation Portfolio Support Services

Notice Type: Special Notice of Intent to Sole Source This is a SPECIAL NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), VISN 8 Network Contracting Office, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital (JAHVH), 13,000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, Florida 33612, intends to award a sole source contract to M&H Transformation Partners, LLC. The Contractor shall provide professional, technical, program management, outcome engineering, facilitation, and advanced air mobility integration support to continue assisting JAHVH in advancing the Innovation Portfolio Project. The Period of Performance (POP) is for twelve (12) months starting 9/1/2026 8/31/2027 with only one source, M&H Transformation Partners, LLC. under the authority Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13.106-1(b)(1). The Contractor shall provide professional, technical, program management, outcome engineering, facilitation, and advanced air mobility integration support to continue assisting JAHVH in advancing the Innovation Portfolio Project. The Contractor shall support portfolio governance, pilot concept scoping, pilot readiness, accelerator lifecycle facilitation, partner coordination, performance measurement, drone delivery demonstration planning and execution support, and air taxi integration discovery. The Contractor shall be familiar with the existing Veterans Health Venture Studio operation model for live demonstration/execution of deliverables for the above needs to complete the Innovation Portfolio Project successfully. Response: Responses to this Special Notice should be able to demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to deliver the service listed above. The purpose of this Special Notice announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses, Veteran Owned Small Businesses, 8(a), HUBZone and other Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described above. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort. Responses should include the following information: Business name, address, business size and Socioeconomic Category (HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran, Small Business, Large Business, etc.), and point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.sam.com) and Representations and Certifications must be completed prior to any future award. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to provide the full maintenance and repair service on equipment listed. Determination by the Government is not to compete with this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Important information: The Government is not obligated to, nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this Special Notice. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. No sub-contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services with a size standard of $24.5 Million. Any offeror capable of providing Innovation Portfolio Support Services on behalf of M&H Transformation Partners, LLC. shall notify the Contracting Officer by email within seven (7) calendar days from the date of the publication of this special notice. ***Responses must include written documentation showing your company has the capabilities to successfully continue the existing venture-studio operating model, accelerator lifecycle framework, and the integrated advanced air mobility demonstration design for the Innovation Portfolio Project *** All information is to be submitted no later than (NLT) 12:00 PM EST., July 31, 2026, to: Jose.Ortiz-Velez@va.gov.