7D20--Abacus Visual Playbook Builder and Automation Orchestrator (VA-26-00041469)

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through its Technology Acquisition Center in Eatontown, New Jersey, is seeking information on the Abacus Visual Playbook Builder and Automation Orchestrator under solicitation number 36C10B26Q0286, classified as a sources-sought notice with NAICS code 541512. This is strictly a Request for Information (RFI) for planning purposes only, with no funds authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort, and it is not an invitation to bid or propose. The requirement targets Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), with mandatory SBA certification required for eligibility; non-certified vendors are explicitly instructed not to respond. Responses must be submitted via email by April 15, 2026, at 3:00 PM EST to Robert Robinson and Christopher Minetti, with submissions limited to 15 pages and 5 MB in size, must include the exact subject line “Abacus Visual Playbook Builder,” and require marking of proprietary information. Each response must include vendor name, address, point of contact, phone, fax, email, business size and SBA certification status, NAICS code, socioeconomic data, Unique Entity Identifier, and details of any existing government-wide acquisition contracts. The scope centers on developing a software solution comprising approximately 760 items across Project, Role, Card Hierarchy, Storefront and Content Sharing, Access Control, Infrastructure Prerequisites, and Deployment, Operations, and Lifecycle domains. Deliverables include fully documented source code with complete history and 18 accompanying documentation items. Integration requirements involve Red Hat Professional Services for Ansible Automation Platform installation on OpenShift Container Platform, encompassing VM provisioning, VLAN management, Windows certificate authentication, certificate management workflows, and a presigned URL workflow. Hardware procurement includes Hyperconverged Infrastructure nodes to be racked, cabled, and deployed with cluster formation, management plane setup, and S3-compatible storage configured with a versioned abacus-playbook-assets bucket. All infrastructure must support air-gapped environments, utilize UBI-only containers, generate SBOMs, and comply with LDAPS and Active Directory authentication. HCI production licenses and associated software subscriptions are strictly prohibited from activating until Final Acceptance at Month 12, at which time invoicing may occur under strict conditions. Contractors may propose alternative invoicing methods, such as deferred billing, only with prior Contracting Officer approval. Training for