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Veterans Affairs Acquisition & Contracting Healthcare Policy

The Largest Healthcare Contract in American History Just Hit the Street

On January 21, 2026, the VA held a landmark industry event for the largest healthcare contract ever. What contractors need to know.

Mary Womack February 5, 2026 5 min read

This is one of those inflection points that will shape federal health IT contracting for the next decade. If you're in the VA health IT space — or adjacent to it — this is the signal to pay attention.

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  • ›The industry day attendance list is a competitive intelligence source. Map the firms that attended by archetype (managed care, health IT, clinical services) and identify which teaming lanes are already crowded.
  • ›VA structured this event to signal that the evaluation will favor firms demonstrating operational readiness over conceptual capability. Your past performance section should lead with deployed clinical networks, not technology platforms.
  • ›The timeline between industry event and solicitation release is the highest-value positioning window. If you have not initiated teaming conversations by the time the RFP drops, you are likely bidding from behind.

The capture-specific analysis for this opportunity:

Evaluation criteria breakdown
Incumbent analysis and vulnerability
Teaming considerations
Win theme recommendations
Action window: when to move
What NOT to do

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Mary Womack
Mary Womack

Federal health IT professional and founder of Mission Meets Tech. I write about what policy, procurement, and platform decisions actually mean for the people doing the work.

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