Q201--VISN 21 Patient Elopement and Wandering Prevention (VA-26-00049526)
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Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has issued a presolicitation notice for the procurement of Patient Elopement and Wandering (PEW) Prevention Systems targeting VISN 21 healthcare facilities. This effort aims to enhance safety for vulnerable patients at risk of elopement or unauthorized exits by sustaining and standardizing PEW systems across Community Living Centers, inpatient units, Emergency Departments, and Behavioral Health settings. The acquisition is set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses and is intended to support an enterprise-wide, unified platform that ensures continuous operation, technical support, system integration, and modernization in line with VA standards. The upcoming firm-fixed-price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract will span a five-year ordering period, focusing on maintaining current PEW systems while also developing a modernized, interoperable solution. Interested offerors are required to demonstrate their proposed solutions through live demonstrations that highlight key system functionalities and integration capabilities. The presolicitation notice follows a prior Request for Information and sources sought announcement and serves solely for planning and information gathering with no current request for proposals. The formal solicitation is expected to be released around late May 2026, with a response deadline at the end of June 2026. The contracting office is based in Eatontown, NJ, and the designated point of contact is a contract specialist reachable via email and phone.
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Over time, individual facilities have implemented and expanded PEW systems independently, resulting in a mixture of three differing platforms (see table 1), varying generations of hardware, and inconsistent architectural approaches. This diversity increases the complexity of system support, elevates sustainment costs, complicates clinical standardization, and limits VISN-wide operational interoperability. To ensure continuity of patient safety operations while improving future scalability, VISN 21 requires a coordinated effort to maintain its current systems and to develop a unified, enterprise-capable PEW solution that will support all VISN 21 healthcare systems under a common standard.
Questions should be submitted no later than 22 June 2026. Â Request for proposal will close on 13 July 2026.