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Pre-Solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source for DistillerSR

Agency: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF / VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Sep 14, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)
NAICS code: 513210 - Software Publishers look up NAICS codes
PSC code: DA10 - IT and Telecommunications (general category)

Timeline

Posted

Sep 14, 2026
Status

Closing soon

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est. $25K-$228K

Estimated from 135 similar past awards nationwide, NAICS 513210.

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What this contract is for

Agency: VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF / VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
NAICS: 513210 - Software Publishers
Scope: Federal

Pre-Solicitation Notice for the notice of intent to award a sole source contract.

This is not a solicitation.

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development (R&D), Regional Procurement Office (RPO) – East in Pittsburgh, PA intends to award on a sole source basis a Firm-Fixed-Price Contract for a one (1) year base period to include two (2) option years to DistillerSR Inc, 450-505 March Road, Ottawa, ON K2K 3 CANADA, to purchase an annual subscription to DistillerSR to support critical steps in the conduct and reporting of systemic reviews performed by the VA Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP).

This is a request for a continuing need.

DistillerSR currently is used by the VA ESP at one of its five program sites and VA ESP has a continuing need for it at the existing site and program-wide.

DistillerSR possesses unique, proprietary capabilities that are not available in any other known systematic review management platform, making it the only known solution capable of meeting the ESP’s project’s operational, regulatory, and automation requirements.

DistillerSR’s Smart Evidence Extraction (SEE) technology provides fully automated, AI?driven data extraction with explainable outputs, enabling complete and audit?ready form population without manual intervention.

Its Agentic AI architecture combines large language models with a validated, traceable evidence base to ensure reproducible, transparent results that meet federal and regulatory expectations for auditability, including 21 CFR Part 11 compliance.

DistillerSR is also the only known system offering integrated, legally compliant full-text retrieval through RightFind, eliminating the need for external procurement workflows.

Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be...

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