The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it is looking for a contractor to support testing of its new Cerner EHR software, FedScoop reports.
The VA plans to devote more than half of its software-testing resources to its EHR modernization project during fiscal year 2019, according to a request for information reviewed by FedScoop. The project is part of the agency's $16 billion, 10-year effort to transition from its legacy EHR to a new Cerner system.
To assist in the effort, the VA's Enterprise Testing Service team, which oversees the verification and validation of all applications, will need a contractor to "provide support in the areas of testing of software (to include performance and system-of-systems integration testing); infrastructure, environments and operations of the ETS Test Center and ETS cloud; and continuous quality process management support," according to the RFI.
The contractor would also be responsible for helping to test tools beyond the VA's Cerner EHR, "including but not limited to EHR [modernization], financial management business transformation, defense medical logistics standard support system and other government-off-the-shelf and [commercial off-the-shelf] applications."
The VA has proposed a one-year base contract, with the option to extend the deal four years.