Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Governance, Management, and Implementation Support

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Chief AI Officer (CAIO) and associated offices requires contractor support to facilitate enterprise-level artificial intelligence (AI) management, standards, and strategic implementation. The Contractor shall provide a multidisciplinary team capable of managing the full lifecycle of AI use case review, regulatory compliance tracking, stakeholder engagement, data pipeline management, and governance product development as well as a dedicated capability to assess VA s enterprise AI landscape, prioritize investments, and drive scalable AI adoption across VA. This support will enable the VA to responsibly adopt, scale, and oversee AI technologies in a manner consistent with federal law, policy, and the best interests of Veterans and VA personnel. VA requires contractor support to meet these obligations across the workforce with widely varying degrees of AI familiarity and across program offices with distinct missions, cultures, and risk tolerances. This is a Request for Information (RFI) only issued for conducting market research. Accordingly, this RFI constitutes neither a Request for Quote (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), nor a guarantee that one will be issued by the Government in the future; furthermore, it does not commit the Government to contract for any services described herein. Please submit a capability statement describing your company s ability to meet the overall draft requirement described below. The capability statement shall be limited to 10 pages. Responses to this RFI shall be submitted via email to Contract Specialist (CS) Amber Davis, Amber.Quivers-Davis@va.gov and Contracting Officer Joseph Jones, joseph.jones6@va.gov no later than June 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM EST. Please refer to the attached: RFI 36C10B26Q0537- AI Governance - FINAL for a detailed description of the requirement, submission instructions, and specific information being requested.