Notice ID: 36C10B25Q0271
VAN services provide Electronic Commerce Branch (ECB) the capability to send and/or receive electronic transactions between the VA and trading partners. ECB utilizes the VAN services to enable commercial vendors to submit their electronic invoices through the VAN and then be picked up by ECB. Additionally, VAN is used to send electronic Purchase Orders to commercial vendors. Without a VAN services contract, these trading partners would have to migrate to another solution to submit or receive electronic transactions or use a paper-based process.
The Contractor shall provide ECB with the VAN services to securely exchange non-sensitive business documents between VA and its commercial vendors. The information exchange shall be fast, accurate, and secure with secure storage. Contractor should be able to transfer a minimum of 150,000.00 kilo characters per month with a 10 percent expected growth per year. Details regarding VAN service requirements, Electronic Data Interchange VAN commercial vendors, technical requirements, and VAN interconnections are further defined in Performance Work Statement (PWS) Section 5.1 and associated Attachments 1, 2, and 3. At time of award, the Contractor shall have agreements in place and be able to exchange data with all the listed commercial vendors in Attachment 1.
The period of performance shall be from June 2nd, 2025, to June 1st, 2026, with four, 12-month option periods.
