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$310,375,258

Department of Veterans Affairs·Department of Veterans Affairs

to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

veteransexpiring · 77d· period of performance ends in 77 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2023-01-01·LATEST ACTION2026-06-09·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_36C10B23F0039_3600_GS35F110DA_4732
Award description

SUSTAINMENT, ENHANCEMENT AND TRANSITION SUPPORT OF VAS ENTERPRISE CORE HR SOLUTION - HRSMART. THE CONTRACTOR WILL ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH THE FEDERAL HUMAN CAPITAL BUSINESS REFERENCE MODEL AND FUNCTIONALITY SUPPORTED IAW VA OIT GUIDANCE AND POLICY.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2023 VA HR software contract with IBM to sustain and enhance the HRSmart enterprise system through June 2026.

Sub-sectors
va-it-infrastructurehuman-resources-systemsenterprise-software
Why this matters

Ensures continuity of VA's core human capital management system serving hundreds of thousands of federal employees and veterans affairs staff.

Supply-chain signal

IBM maintains ongoing dependency as sole vendor for VA's enterprise HR platform; continuation signals no planned migration or competitive rebid.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-19. Cost: $0.002832.

Period of performance
Start
2023-01-01
End
2026-09-15
Status
expiring · 77din 77 days
Sources

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