POCUS Request for Information

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Veterans’ Health Administration (VHA)
National Radiology Program Office

Enterprise Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Middleware and Image Management System

Date: October 13, 2026
VA-27-00007275
PWS Version Number: 1.5

TOC \o "1-4" \z \u \h1.0BACKGROUND PAGEREF _Toc239058973 \h 4

2.0APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS PAGEREF _Toc239058974 \h 5

3.0SCOPE OF WORK PAGEREF _Toc239058975 \h 9

4.0PERFORMANCE DETAILS PAGEREF _Toc239058976 \h 10

4.1PEFORMANCE PERIOD PAGEREF _Toc239058977 \h 10

4.2PLACE OF PERFORMANCE PAGEREF _Toc239058978 \h 11

4.3TRAVEL PAGEREF _Toc239058979 \h 11

5.0SPECIFIC TASKS AND DELIVERABLES PAGEREF _Toc239058980 \h 11

5.1PROJECT MANAGEMENT PAGEREF _Toc239058981 \h 11

5.1.1PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PAGEREF _Toc239058982 \h 11

5.1.2REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PAGEREF _Toc239058983 \h 12

5.1.3INFORMATION SECURITY, PRIVACY AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS PAGEREF _Toc239058984 \h 13

5.2ENTERPRISE POCUS SYSTEM PAGEREF _Toc239058985 \h 14

5.2.1POCUS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PAGEREF _Toc239058986 \h 14

5.2.2POCUS DATA MANAGEMENT AND CONTENT REQUIREMENTS PAGEREF _Toc239058987 \h 17

5.2.3SYSTEM REPORTING PAGEREF _Toc239058988 \h 18

5.2.4QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) AND QUALITY COMPLIANCE (QC) PAGEREF _Toc239058989 \h 19

5.3CLINICAL WORKFLOW REQUIREMENTS PAGEREF _Toc239058990 \h 19

5.3.1USER ROLES PAGEREF _Toc239058991 \h 20

5.3.2STANDARDIZED POCUS EXAM TAXONOMY PAGEREF _Toc239058992 \h 20

5.3.3IMAGE ASSOCIATION AND IDENTITY ASSURANCE PAGEREF _Toc239058993 \h 20

5.3.4DOCUMENTATION AND RESULTS FLOW PAGEREF _Toc239058994 \h 21

5.4VHA EHR INTEGRATION PAGEREF _Toc239058995 \h 21

5.5QA, CREDENTIALING AND EDUCATION SUPPORT PAGEREF _Toc239058996 \h 22

5.6DATA MIGRATION PAGEREF _Toc239058997 \h 23

5.7TRAINING PAGEREF _Toc239058998 \h 25

5.7.1CLINICAL USER TRAINING PAGEREF _Toc239058999 \h 25

5.7.2POCUS COORDINATOR / SUPER USER TRAINING PAGEREF _Toc239059000 \h 26

5.7.3BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING TRAINING PAGEREF _Toc239059001 \h 26

5.8CUSTOMER SUPPORT PAGEREF _Toc239059002 \h 27

5.8.1DISASTER RECOVERY PAGEREF _Toc239059003 \h 27

5.9OPTION YEARS 1-4 PAGEREF _Toc239059004 \h 28

6.0GENERAL REQUIREMENTS PAGEREF _Toc239059005 \h 28

6.1ENTERPRISE AND IT FRAMEWORK PAGEREF _Toc239059006 \h 28

6.1.1VA TECHNICAL REFERENCE MODEL PAGEREF _Toc239059007 \h 28

6.1.2ZERO TRUST – VA CRITICAL SECURITY CONTROLS PAGEREF _Toc239059008 \h 28

6.1.3FEDERAL IDENTITY, CREDENTIAL, AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT (FICAM) PAGEREF _Toc239059009 \h 29

6.1.4INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6 (IPv6) PAGEREF _Toc239059010 \h 30