The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking a small business to design, develop, test, and deploy a modernized web application for the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). The effort will replace the current reporting experience with a mobile-friendly application that supports both public and healthcare provider submissions while improving usability, report completeness, and data quality. The acquisition is a firm-fixed-price contract with a nine-month period of performance and is set aside for small businesses.
The contractor will redesign the VAERS landing page and site navigation, develop a guided reporting workflow with branching logic for different submitter types, implement intelligent form validation and user assistance, and produce structured data compatible with existing VAERS systems. The application must integrate with the existing VAERS environment, support medical record uploads, preserve the current post-submission document upload capability, and enable authorized CDC personnel to make approved content and interface updates through a configurable interface with limited developer support.
The work includes UX design, front-end and back-end development, application testing, deployment, documentation, program management, and transition support. The application will be developed and deployed within CDC’s managed Azure environment and must meet HIPAA, Privacy Act, FISMA, FedRAMP, and Section 508 requirements while supporting CDC’s Authority to Develop process. The contractor will also coordinate with existing VAERS support contractors and CDC hosting teams throughout development and deployment.
The solicitation emphasizes measurable operational outcomes. Performance objectives include reducing report abandonment, improving completion of required VAERS data elements, achieving page load and submission time targets, supporting accurate transmission of VAERS-compatible data, and allowing CDC personnel to perform defined content updates without developer intervention. Offerors must also submit a working prototype as part of their proposal. Technical factors are significantly more important than price in the best-value evaluation.
This opportunity is relevant to small businesses with experience developing secure healthcare or public health applications, modern web applications in Microsoft Azure, UX/UI design, healthcare data integration, and federal security and accessibility compliance. Companies with experience delivering regulated health IT systems for federal agencies are the most likely competitors.
Read more here: 75D301-26-Q-00146
