The agency is gauging market interest. No bid is being requested yet — submitting a capabilities statement may put you on the radar for the eventual solicitation.
How to respond — with a free templatearrow_forwardThe Department of Health and Human Services needs a small business to design, build, and deploy a production-ready Proof of Concept for Project Argos.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need?
The Department of Health and Human Services is looking for a contractor to design, build, and deploy a production-ready Proof of Concept for Project Argos, a continuous compliance monitoring framework for certified health IT.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
The notice doesn't say.
- How will they pick the winner?
The notice doesn't say.
- When and how do you bid?
Submit capability statements no later than July 30, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern Time to Donna Sykes at donna.sykes@hhs.gov.
Who can apply
- Any certified small business may apply.
- Has experience with systems design and systems integration, health IT interoperability, HL7 FHIR R4 API development and monitoring, cloud engineering, DevSecOps, artificial intelligence governance, federal cybersecurity, evidence management, regulatory compliance, and agile software development.
Heads up — easy to miss
- This is a Sources Sought Notice, not a solicitation. The Government reserves the right to use information submitted in response to this notice in support of acquisition planning.
- The Government will not notify respondents of the results of the Government's review of submitted capability statements.
- Do not submit proprietary, classified, confidential, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), or sensitive information.
If you're interested, do this first
- Review the attached Statement of Work and ensure you have the necessary experience and capabilities to perform the work.
- Submit a capability statement no later than July 30, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern Time to Donna Sykes at donna.sykes@hhs.gov.