Audit Trail & Explainability Engine Development

The contract calls for the development of an Audit Trail & Explainability Engine designed to log all AI-driven decisions with complete provenance, capturing input data, model version, and the underlying rationale for each output. The system must generate human-readable explanations that fully comply with the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) and meet rigorous audit standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and regulatory alignment. The solution must be built to support traceability across all stages of AI inference, enabling auditors and stakeholders to reconstruct decision pathways with precision. The work is structured as a subcontract under the Department of Defense, specifically for the Defense Health Agency, with a NAICS code of 541512 indicating it falls under custom computer programming services. The solicitation was posted on August 5, 2026, with a response deadline of August 19, 2026. Performance is expected to occur without a specified location, indicating potential remote or distributed work. The system must prioritize regulatory compliance and audit readiness, ensuring that every AI decision is not only recorded but also interpretable by non-technical personnel within the context of federal financial and operational oversight requirements.