What the buyer needs
AI summarySt. Jude Children's Research Hospital seeks a vendor to provide managed AI services supporting its cloud-based AI implementation on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Gateway, and LangSmith/LangChain. The engagement requires one dedicated, embedded AI Solution Architect and a vendor-determined supporting team to handle internal customer requests, solution design, development, production migration, and operational support. Only invited, registered onshore U.S. organizations may submit proposals digitally via email or online. Vendors must RSVP by December 3, 2026, submit questions by December 10, 2026, and submit final responses by December 24, 2026. The initial contract term runs six months from January 1, 2027, through June 30, 2027, with potential annual renewals, and vendors must propose an all-in fixed monthly price. St. Jude will evaluate responses based on price, the Architect's experience and qualifications, vendor AI and cloud partner certifications, and relevant healthcare or research-institution experience.
Scope of work
- Provide one dedicated, customer-facing Embedded AI Solution Architect
- Intake and delivery of AI requests from internal customers
- Solution design and development for cloud-based AI implementation
- Migration of AI solutions from development to production
- Operational support of the production AI environment
- Propose supporting team composition to augment the Architect's capacity
- Support Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Gateway, and LangSmith/LangChain
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Price | Not specified |
| The Architect's experience and qualifications | Not specified |
| Vendor AI/cloud partner certifications and credentials | Not specified |
| Relevant healthcare or research-institution experience | Not specified |
Minimum qualifications
- Relevant AI and cloud partner certifications and credentials
- Demonstrated delivery of comparable AI work, preferably in healthcare or research institutions
- Demonstrated HIPAA/PHI handling experience and safeguards
- Completed background checks on all assigned personnel
- Working hours with meaningful overlap with U.S. Central time
- Offshore resources must never access PHI
- Onshore (USA Organization Only)
Documents to include with your response
- Proposed Architect's résumé
- Team composition, roles, locations, and offshore management description
- Relevant AI and cloud partner certifications
- Relevant client examples
- Compliance approach and PHI separation description
- Single, all-in fixed monthly price and rate lock terms
- Replacement guarantee and FTE conversion terms
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via the Workday Spend portal
- Instructions
- Registered, invited suppliers submit responses online via St. Jude's Workday Spend portal.
