Innovative Technology Solutions and Services for Child Welfare to Advance a Home for Every Child for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
Department of Health and Human Services · Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) · OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - HHS MISSION
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
ACF-26-IS-01
Notice type
Sources Sought
NAICS
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-08-05
Response deadline
Aug 19, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Washington, DC
Contracting contact
jan.welsh@hhs.gov
Market intelligence
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The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is seeking information for innovative, modular, and interoperable solutions that support child welfare technology modernization for title IV-E agencies at the state level. Through this RFI, ACF seeks input from vendors on standards – aligned technologies and services that can assist states, territories, and tribes in exploring, planning, implementing, and maintaining child welfare technology solutions. ACF seeks to develop a comprehensive understanding of the vendor landscape, including the capabilities, services, implementation approaches, and innovations available to support child welfare technology modernization. Information gathered through this RFI will help inform a catalog of market research for title IV-E agencies and other jurisdictions. The catalog is not intended to serve as a purchasing vehicle, procurement mechanism, or list of pre-approved offerings. It will provide greater transparency into the market, help jurisdictions understand available solution options, identify gaps in current capabilities, and determine where vendors may be best positioned to support child welfare modernization. ALL RESPONSES AND QUESTIONS shall be submitted via the Responses form link and Questions form link.
Contact
Point of contact
Jan Welsh
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
jan.welsh@hhs.gov
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