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    "last_verified": "2026-09-20",
    "owner": "hand-maintained; docs/market-entry-coverage-spec.md section 4.1",
    "research_method": "Entry characteristics are drawn from MMT's own agency profiles, org charts and vehicle dataset (in-repo, each dated) and from the 2026-09-20 web search pass recorded in the other data/reference files. Vehicle status is never restated here; read /api/v1/vehicles.",
    "codes": "code matches lib/federal-agencies.js (VA, DHA, CMS, ONC, NIH, CDC, HRSA, IHS, ARPA-H, ASPR, FDA, SAMHSA, AHRQ, HHS, GSA, NASA) plus STATE_MEDICAID for the state segment.",
    "org_chart_as_of": "Taken from each chart page's own as-of statement; null where the page carries none."
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      "name": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": null,
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        "Enterprise health IT and virtual care for the largest integrated health system in the country; national rollout dynamics across medical centers and VISNs.",
        "Distinct security and accessibility requirements: FedRAMP authorization plus VA's own ATO (VA Notice 25-06), Section 508.",
        "IT services flow through T4NG2 ($60.7B, 33 primes, ordering to March 2036) and SDVOSB-only VECTOR; EHR modernization runs on a single-award Oracle Health IDIQ.",
        "Pathfinder (pathfinder.va.gov) is the vendor front door; every purchase still runs through a VA contracting activity."
      ],
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        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "va_ato",
        "onc_health_it_certification",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
      ],
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        "agency_idiq_task_order",
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "reseller_partner",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase",
        "unsolicited_or_front_door"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "va_pathfinder",
        "unsolicited_proposal"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "va-t4ng2",
        "va-vector",
        "va-ehrm-idiq",
        "vha-iht",
        "va-mspv-gen-z"
      ],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/va/",
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        "url": "/premium/org-charts/va",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": "VA-OIT",
      "watch": [
        "CCN Next Gen Medical ($700B ceiling) in source selection since March 2026 (MMT Contract Tracker, 2026-08-17)",
        "SEWP VI ordering opens 2026-11-01 (MMT VA profile, verified 2026-07-09)"
      ],
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        {
          "label": "MMT VA agency profile (in-repo, lastUpdated 2026-07-09)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/va/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "VA Notice 25-06",
          "url": "https://www.va.gov/vapubs/viewPublication.asp?Pub_ID=1602&FType=2",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "DHA",
      "name": "Defense Health Agency / Military Health System",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "DoD",
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        "Enterprise systems (MHS GENESIS in sustainment), deployed and virtual care, records interoperability with VA through FEHRM.",
        "Impact-level sequencing for cloud products: FedRAMP Moderate then IL4 for PHI and CUI, IL5 where the mission owner categorizes the system as NSS or high-sensitivity CUI; CMMC for the contractor's own systems.",
        "Vehicles: Geographic Service Provider (small business, to 2034), PEO DHMS deployment IDIQ (pre-award), OMNIBUS IV for R&D support, Workforce 3.0 in its final ordering year.",
        "Fast doors: the Enterprise-Wide CSO (HT003826SC005) and the MTEC other transaction consortium."
      ],
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        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "dod_il2",
        "dod_il4",
        "dod_il5",
        "dod_cmmc",
        "onc_health_it_certification",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "agency_idiq_task_order",
        "cso",
        "ota_consortium",
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "reseller_partner",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase",
        "sbir_phase_iii"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "dha_cso",
        "mtec_ota",
        "sbir_sttr"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "peo-dhms-deployment",
        "dha-wf3",
        "dha-gsp",
        "dha-omnibus-iv",
        "dha-mss",
        "dha-medlog-jhuapl",
        "aix-tech-dha",
        "dha-dhmsm-mhs-genesis",
        "usace-mobile-dha-west",
        "usace-medcom-dbmatoc",
        "usace-huntsville-medae",
        "dla-mspv-gen-vi",
        "army-ites-4h",
        "army-ites-3h"
      ],
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        "url": "/premium/org-charts/dha",
        "as_of": "2026-09-21",
        "note": "Leadership as of 2026-09-21 (DHA Director personnel message); structure effective 2026-04-20; DHA R&D and J-6 nodes updated 2026-09-15. Four of the September seats are not yet on dha.mil and the chart flags them pending official confirmation."
      },
      "key_people_code": "DHA",
      "watch": [
        "DHA reorganization offices (OWHA, HCDS) and the PAE structure: MMT org chart, Mary-vetted",
        "Enterprise-Wide CSO active 2026-08-07 to 2027-08-06 (data/cso-aois.json)"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "MMT DHA agency profile (in-repo, lastUpdated 2026-07-09)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/dha/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "DoD Cloud Computing Security (DISA)",
          "url": "https://public.cyber.mil/dccs/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "CMS",
      "name": "Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "Largest HHS IT buyer. Operates its own contract vehicle (SPARC, ordering ends 2027-02-20 with no replacement planned) and its own cloud review path (Rapid Cloud Review for non-FedRAMP SaaS).",
        "Absence of full FedRAMP authorization is not automatically disqualifying at CMS: RCR grants a provisional ATO in about 2 to 3 weeks for low-risk SaaS.",
        "Adjacency to state Medicaid: CMS sets the enhanced-funding conditions, certification (SMC) and interoperability rules (CMS-0057-F) every state system follows.",
        "Innovation Center models (WISeR from 2026-01-01) select technology vendors directly."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "cms_rcr",
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "onc_health_it_certification",
        "mars_e",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "agency_idiq_task_order",
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "reseller_partner",
        "cmmi_model_vendor",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase",
        "disqualified_or_closing"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "cms_innovation_center_models",
        "unsolicited_proposal"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "cms-sparc"
      ],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/cms/",
      "org_chart": {
        "url": "/premium/org-charts/cms",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "Where CMS OIT task orders land after SPARC's ordering period closes 2027-02-20",
        "RMADA 3 awarded July 2026 to 17 companies (MMT Contract Tracker, 2026-08-17)"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "CMS SPARC FAQ",
          "url": "https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/CMS-Information-Technology/SPARC/FAQ",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "CMS ISPG: Rapid Cloud Review",
          "url": "https://security.cms.gov/learn/rapid-cloud-review-rcr",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "MMT CMS agency profile (in-repo)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/cms/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ONC",
      "name": "Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy / Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ASTP/ONC)",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "A standards regulator, not a conventional buyer: certification criteria and interoperability policy shape product requirements across every health buyer.",
        "HTI-4 (effective 2025-10-01) added electronic prior authorization, e-prescribing and real-time prescription benefit criteria; HTI-5 (proposed 2025-12-29) would remove 34 of 60 criteria and is not final.",
        "TEFCA and the information blocking rules are the policy levers that flow into CMS, VA and DoD procurements."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "onc_health_it_certification"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "gwac_task_order",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [],
      "vehicles": [],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/onc/",
      "org_chart": {
        "url": "/premium/org-charts/onc",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "HTI-5 final rule",
        "March 2026 reversal of the ASTP reorganization (MMT org chart, 2026-08-25)"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "HTI-5 proposed rule (Federal Register 2025-12-29)",
          "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23896/health-data-technology-and-interoperability-astponc-deregulatory-actions-to-unleash-prosperity",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "MMT ONC agency profile (in-repo)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/onc/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "NIH",
      "name": "National Institutes of Health (including NITAAC)",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "Research mission framing: program-specific systems, analytics and data platforms; SBIR through the NIH SEED office.",
        "NITAAC is sunsetting: CIO-SP3, CIO-SP3 SB and CIO-CS take no new orders after 2026-10-29; CIO-SP4 was cancelled 2026-01-30; all NITAAC functions cease 2028-12-31. Work moves to GSA (Alliant 3, Polaris, MAS).",
        "An NIH SBIR Phase III is not a reliable purchase route; HHS calls Phase III awards not typical."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "agency_idiq_task_order",
        "baa_or_iso",
        "sbir_phase_iii",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase",
        "disqualified_or_closing"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "sbir_sttr",
        "unsolicited_proposal"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "nitaac-cio-sp4",
        "nitaac-cio-sp3",
        "nitaac-cio-cs",
        "nitaac-ecs-iii",
        "nih-arpah-stats"
      ],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/nih-nitaac/",
      "org_chart": {
        "url": "/premium/org-charts/nih-nitaac",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "2026-10-29: last day for new NITAAC orders",
        "Where NIH IT services move: GSA vehicles"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "MMT NIH/NITAAC agency profile (in-repo, lastUpdated 2026-09-10)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/nih-nitaac/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "CDC",
      "name": "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "Public health mission framing: surveillance, data modernization (OPHDST), analytics and data platforms.",
        "IT operations run through ITOPSS 4.0; OCIO TASS was in market research as of the dataset date.",
        "The 2025 HHS reorganization proposed moving ASPR functions into a CDC Center for Preparedness and Response; Congress requires a plan before CDC functions move."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "agency_idiq_task_order",
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "reseller_partner",
        "sbir_phase_iii",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "sbir_sttr",
        "unsolicited_proposal"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "cdc-itopss-4",
        "cdc-tass"
      ],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/cdc/",
      "org_chart": {
        "url": "/premium/org-charts/cdc",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "OCIO TASS: market research to solicitation",
        "Preparedness functions arriving from ASPR if the reorganization proceeds"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "MMT CDC agency profile (in-repo)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/cdc/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "HRSA",
      "name": "Health Resources and Services Administration",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "A grant-maker first: health centers, Ryan White, the National Health Service Corps, maternal and child health, 340B. IT and program-support contracting sits behind those programs.",
        "The OPTN Modernization Initiative is the live multi-vendor contracting story: a December 2025 UNOS contract for OPTN operations and the national matching system, and a policy-process support task order to CVP.",
        "Congress's FY2026 Labor-HHS bill rejected folding HRSA into an Administration for a Healthy America; the FY2027 request proposes it again."
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      "authorization_paths": [
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "reseller_partner",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase",
        "unsolicited_or_front_door"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "unsolicited_proposal"
      ],
      "vehicles": [],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/hrsa/",
      "org_chart": null,
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "Next OPTN Modernization awards under the multi-vendor model",
        "FY2027 appropriations and the Administration for a Healthy America proposal"
      ],
      "sources": [
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          "label": "HRSA OPTN Modernization update, January 2026",
          "url": "https://www.hrsa.gov/optn-modernization/updates/january-2026",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "HRSA OPTN Modernization update, February 2026",
          "url": "https://www.hrsa.gov/optn-modernization/updates/february-2026",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "ASTHO summary of the FY2026 Labor-HHS bill (January 2026)",
          "url": "https://www.astho.org/advocacy/federal-government-affairs/leg-alerts/2026/summary-fy26-lhhs-bill-january-2026/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "pending": [
        "HRSA-owned IDIQs, if any, are not in the MMT vehicle dataset",
        "org chart"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "IHS",
      "name": "Indian Health Service",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "Program-specific systems for tribal and IHS facilities; the PATH EHR modernization IDIQ is in its pilot year (ordering to 2033).",
        "Buy Indian Act set-asides (ISBEE and IEE) run alongside the standard small business programs.",
        "RPMS is the legacy record system being replaced."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "onc_health_it_certification",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
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      "buying_routes": [
        "agency_idiq_task_order",
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "reseller_partner",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "unsolicited_proposal"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "ihs-path-ehr"
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      "profile_url": "/agencies/ihs/",
      "org_chart": {
        "url": "/premium/org-charts/ihs",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "PATH EHR pilot sites and wave schedule"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "MMT IHS agency profile (in-repo)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/ihs/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ARPA-H",
      "name": "Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "Innovation funding with published partnering processes: Open BAA, four Mission Office ISOs, Sprints; a different motion from services procurement.",
        "Other transaction authority under 42 U.S.C. 290c; the Director prioritizes work performed in the United States.",
        "FY2027 request $945M, down from $1.5B in FY2026; the STATS IDIQ (shared with NIH) is the one conventional vehicle."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "baa_or_iso",
        "agency_idiq_task_order",
        "sbir_phase_iii",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "arpa_h",
        "sbir_sttr"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "nih-arpah-stats"
      ],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/arpa-h/",
      "org_chart": {
        "url": "/premium/org-charts/arpa-h",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": "ARPA-H",
      "watch": [
        "FY2027 appropriation against the $945M request",
        "New ISOs and Sprints"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "ARPA-H open funding opportunities",
          "url": "https://arpa-h.gov/explore-funding/open-funding-opportunities",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "MMT ARPA-H agency profile (in-repo)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/arpa-h/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "high",
      "pending": []
    },
    {
      "code": "ASPR",
      "name": "Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (with BARDA)",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "Preparedness funding with published partnering processes: the BARDA BAA on SAM.gov, the DRIVe EZ-BAA for awards under $750,000, other transactions under 42 U.S.C. 247d-7e(c)(5).",
        "Buys development of countermeasures, diagnostics and devices, not enterprise IT.",
        "Organizational placement is in motion: the 2025 reorganization proposed moving ASPR functions to CDC and BARDA to a new office; Congress funded ASPR at $3.7B for FY2026 including $1B for BARDA."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency",
        "hipaa_security_rule"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "baa_or_iso",
        "ota_consortium",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "barda",
        "mtec_ota"
      ],
      "vehicles": [],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/aspr/",
      "org_chart": null,
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "Outcome of the ASPR and BARDA reorganization proposal",
        "BARDA BAA amendments"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "Medical Countermeasures: partner with BARDA",
          "url": "https://medicalcountermeasures.gov/barda/partnering",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "ASPR: BARDA",
          "url": "https://aspr.hhs.gov/AboutASPR/ProgramOffices/BARDA/Pages/default.aspx",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        },
        {
          "label": "ACEP: 2026 HHS funding update",
          "url": "https://www.acep.org/news/acep-newsroom-articles/2-3-26-2026-hhs-funding-update",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
      ],
      "verified": "2026-09-20",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "pending": [
        "org chart",
        "FY2026 enacted figures from the official tables"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "FDA",
      "name": "Food and Drug Administration",
      "segment": "federal",
      "parent": "HHS",
      "entry_characteristics": [
        "Regulatory science and review systems; the Enterprise IT App Dev BPA was cancelled, so IT services run through HHS-wide and GSA vehicles.",
        "Post-RIF center bench and an acting commissioner as of the August 2026 org chart."
      ],
      "authorization_paths": [
        "fedramp_20x",
        "fedramp_rev5_agency"
      ],
      "buying_routes": [
        "gwac_task_order",
        "gsa_mas_order",
        "reseller_partner",
        "sbir_phase_iii",
        "8a_sole_source",
        "simplified_acquisition",
        "micro_purchase",
        "disqualified_or_closing"
      ],
      "innovation_pathways": [
        "sbir_sttr",
        "unsolicited_proposal"
      ],
      "vehicles": [
        "fda-ead-bpa"
      ],
      "profile_url": "/agencies/fda/",
      "org_chart": {
        "url": "/premium/org-charts/fda",
        "as_of": "2026-08-25"
      },
      "key_people_code": null,
      "watch": [
        "Replacement route for the cancelled Enterprise IT App Dev BPA"
      ],
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "MMT FDA agency profile (in-repo)",
          "url": "https://missionmeetstech.com/agencies/fda/",
          "retrieved": "2026-09-20"
        }
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