RFI: Defense Health Agency (DHA) Cognitive Monitoring Tool
- Client
- Department of Defense
- RFP Number
- SW-120837
- Posted
- 10/16/2026
- Category
- Software, System and Application
- Budget
- Looking for Proposals
- NAICS
- 513210
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Contact
- Joseph Preusser
Description
AI GeneratedThe Defense Health Agency seeks a vendor to provide a scalable, self-administered cognitive monitoring tool for immediate operational fielding. The buyer requires a solution that establishes an enterprise-wide ecosystem to manage Joint Force cognitive health, creates longitudinal records for service members, ingests historical ANAM data, offers customizable tasks, provides an API for secure data exchange, and includes administrative management tools. Eligibility is restricted to onshore USA organizations, and the work will be performed offsite. The solicitation is currently looking for proposals, but the provided text does not specify the contract term, budget, evaluation criteria, application requirements, or submission deadlines.
Key solicitation details
AI-extracted from DHA_Cognitive Monitoring Tool RFI_HT001527RFI1015.pdf. Confirm against the original documents before bidding.
The buyer is seeking information regarding an improved cognitive monitoring tool to replace the ANAM system for cognitive baselining, periodic monitoring, pre-deployment screening, clinical evaluations, and post-deployment assessment. The scalable, web-based tool must support unsupervised self-administration across the Joint Force. Eligible entities are onshore USA organizations under NAICS code 513210.
- Issued by
- Defense Health Agency (DHA) Enterprise Medical Services - Contracting Division (EMS-CD)
- Responses due
- 5:00PM CST 29 October 2026
- How to submit
- Submission details
- Submit responses to Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist via email in Adobe PDF Format. Maximum 10 pages plus assessment catalog. Subject line: RFI Response – DHA Cognitive Assessment Tools.
- Place of performance
- Offsite
- Funding
- Section 735 of the NDAA for FY 2023, Public Law 117-263, Warfighter Brain Health Initiative
Scope of work
- Web-based cognitive monitoring tool with zero client footprint
- Unsupervised self-administered cognitive screening capability
- Support for enterprise-level load of minimum 50,000 simultaneous sessions
- Secure standardized API for data integration with DoW systems
- Cognitive assessment catalog covering minimum required domains
- Software support to maintain and update system software
- Initial and periodic user training aligned with user roles
- 24 hours per day, 7 days per week customer support
Minimum qualifications
- Onshore (USA Organization Only)
- Documented proof of platform ability to support minimum 50,000 simultaneous sessions
- Obtain and maintain DoW Risk Management Framework (RMF) authorization to operate (ATO)
- Compliance with HIPAA, DoW cybersecurity standards, and DFARS clauses
- Support managing cognitive assessment data for approximately 3.5 million individuals
Documents to include with the bid
- Company Information
- Capabilities Description
- Assessment Catalog
- Pricing Description
- Cybersecurity Approach
- Past Performance
- Innovations and Recommendations
Official SAM.gov notice
- Solicitation number
- HT001527RFI1015
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Defense Health Agency (DHA) › DHA Enterprise MED Support EMS-CD
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 15, 2026
- NAICS
- 513210 · Software Publishers
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- 0, TX, 78234
- Contracting contact
- Joseph Preusser
joseph.a.preusser.civ@health.mil
2102216126 - Additional contact
- Brianne Richardson
brianne.c.richardson.civ@health.mil
Read the official notice description
The Defense Health Agency (DHA), Enterprise Medical Services - Contracting Division (EMS-CD) is seeking information from vendors for a requirement to execute rapid implementation of an improved cognitive monitoring tool for cognitive baselining, periodic monitoring, pre-deployment screening and clinical evaluations, and post-deployment assessment.
Any services or platforms must be compliant with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Department of War (DoW) cybersecurity standards, and applicable clinical guidelines.
Submission Instructions:
Submit responses to Contracting Officer [email protected] AND Contract Specialist [email protected] and by 5:00PM CST 29 October 2026
Response documents must be in Adobe PDF Format.
Subject Line “RFI Response – DHA Cognitive Assessment Tools”.
Do not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information.
Submit a narrative response with a maximum of ten (10) pages, plus assessment catalog.
Source: SAM.gov contract opportunities data (U.S. federal public data).
Incumbent
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
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