Q201--VISN 21 Patient Elopement and Wandering Prevention (VA-26-00049526)

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21) operates multiple Patient Elopement and Wandering (PEW) Prevention Systems across its healthcare facilities to protect vulnerable patient populations at risk of elopement, wandering, or unauthorized exit. These technologies are essential components of patient safety programs in Community Living Centers, inpatient medical units, Emergency Departments, and Behavioral Health settings. Over time, individual facilities have implemented and expanded PEW systems independently, resulting in a mixture of three differing platforms (see table 1), varying generations of hardware, and inconsistent architectural approaches. This diversity increases the complexity of system support, elevates sustainment costs, complicates clinical standardization, and limits VISN-wide operational interoperability. To ensure continuity of patient safety operations while improving future scalability, VISN 21 requires a coordinated effort to maintain its current systems and to develop a unified, enterprise-capable PEW solution that will support all VISN 21 healthcare systems under a common standard. Questions should be submitted no later than 22 June 2026. � Request for proposal will close on 13 July 2026.