Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineering Services

The U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, through its Office of the Chief Information Officer, is conducting market research under solicitation number OAA-26-00349 to identify qualified sources capable of delivering enterprise-level AI engineering services in support of the Directorate of Technology, Innovation, and Engineering. This action is a Request for Information (RFI) issued solely for market research purposes under FAR Part 10 and does not constitute a solicitation, request for proposal, or request for quote; no award will be made from this notice, and the government will not pay for responses or provide feedback. The anticipated contract, if issued, would support the full lifecycle of AI systems beginning with a cold start, requiring capabilities in Large Language Model integration within FedRAMP-authorized cloud environments such as AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI Service, and GCP Vertex AI, along with advanced context engineering, RAG and GraphRAG architectures, agentic AI orchestration, multimodal AI, MLOps/DevSecOps, adversarial testing, Responsible AI practices, human-in-the-loop design, AI incident response, and SBOM generation. Additional requirements include Section 508 and WCAG 2.1 A/AA compliant UI/UX design using Figma, Tier 1-3 AI application helpdesk support, Agile project management with Jira and Confluence, and a transition-in period not exceeding 45 days. The contract is expected to have a total performance period of 42 months, comprised of a six-month base period and three option periods of 12 months each, with performance to occur in Washington, D.C. Respondents must submit a Company Profile including the entity’s name, address, UEI, CAGE code, business size under NAICS 541512, socioeconomic status if applicable, GSA MAS or GWAC holding status, active federal security clearance level, and the number of employees currently supporting federal AI/ML contracts. All responses must be submitted by July 8, 2026, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time via email to [email hidden] with the subject line “RFI Response - DOL OCIO AI Engineering Services - [Company Name]” and are limited to 25 pages for Sections 2–5, formatted in Times New Roman or Arial font at a minimum of 11-point size with one-inch margins. Section 1, the