Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: USDA Environmental Review As a Service ERAS Platform
Deadline: 13 Feb 2026
Posting Date: 15 Jan 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 133715688
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Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) intends to issue a solicitation for a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to design, develop, and deploy a cloud-hosted Environmental Review As a Service (ERAS) platform. The ERAS platform will modernize and automate USDA-s environmental review and permitting processes under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related statutes.
The contractor shall provide full lifecycle agile software development services, including planning, design, coding, prototyping, testing, documentation, and configuration. The initial deliverable will be a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) with the following core components:
Policy-as-Code Rules Engine to translate NEPA regulations into machine-readable logic.
AI-Driven Triage for rapid classification of environmental review requests (CatEx, EA, EIS).
Multi-Tenant Case Management System with robust API integration.
Categorical Exclusion (CatEx) Library and geolocation checks using ESRI and NEPAssist.
Automated Document Generation for CatEx documentation (FANEC).
Post-MVP enhancements may include:
Document repository (public and internal)
Executive dashboards
AI-enabled public comment analysis
Payment handling via Pay.gov
Technical Requirements:
Cloud.gov hosting compatibility
Modern open-source technologies (Python, Ruby, JavaScript, React, etc.)
Secure coding practices (OWASP standards)
Section 508 accessibility compliance
Security & Compliance:
Contractor must adhere to USDA security policies, Zero Trust Architecture, encryption standards, and handle PII and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) per NIST guidelines.
Place of Performance:
Remote; occasional travel to USDA facilities may be required.
Set-aside Status: Competition among USDA STRATUS BOA Holders
Department/Ind. Agency: agriculture, department of
Sub-tier: usda, departmental administration
Office: usda, ocp-pod-acq-mgmt-branch-ftc
Product Service Code: da01 - it and telecom - business application/application development support services (labor)
Inactive Dates: feb 28, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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