HGACBuy Contract AI05-26  ·  No RFP Required

AI Consulting for Councils of Governments

Smarter Regional Data and Grant Coordination
for COGs and Planning Bodies

Your member agencies all submit data in different formats. Regional reports take days to compile. Grant drawdown pacing across multiple jurisdictions is tracked manually. VeAssis delivers AI solutions that automate all of it, available under HGACBuy Contract AI05-26 with no competitive bid required.

What We Hear Most

The Regional Data and Grant Coordination Challenges Facing COGs

These are the pain points we hear from executive directors, regional directors, and directors of planning at councils of governments and regional planning bodies.

Member Data in Different Formats

Every member agency submits data in a different format. Your staff spends days normalizing submissions before any regional analysis can begin.

Multi-Agency Grant Tracking

Tracking grant drawdown pacing across awards that span multiple member jurisdictions is a manual, error-prone process. Problems are caught too late.

Regional Report Assembly

Compiling regional reports from member agency submissions takes 3–5 staff days per cycle. AI can reduce that to hours.

Public Comment Analysis

Analyzing and summarizing public comment periods manually takes weeks of staff time. AI can process hundreds of comments in hours.

No Unified Regional View

There is no single dashboard showing regional trends, grant status, and member compliance in one place. Leadership makes decisions from incomplete information.

Procurement Barriers

Engaging an AI consultant typically requires a competitive bid process. HGACBuy Contract AI05-26 eliminates that barrier for COG members.

AI Use Cases

What AI Actually Does for Councils of Governments

Concrete, documented outcomes, not theoretical AI. These are the use cases VeAssis scopes, designs, and delivers under HGACBuy Contract AI05-26.

Data Aggregation

Regional Data Aggregation & Normalization

AI automates the consolidation of member agency data submissions into standardized regional reports, regardless of the source system or format each member uses.

Industry benchmark: Regional reporting cycles reduced from 3–5 days to hours
Grant Management

Multi-Agency Grant Coordination Dashboard

A real-time dashboard tracks drawdown pacing and compliance status across all grants involving multiple member agencies, catching problems 4–6 weeks earlier than manual monitoring.

Industry benchmark: Grant pacing problems caught 4–6 weeks earlier
Public Engagement

AI-Powered Public Comment Analysis

AI analyzes and summarizes public comment periods in hours instead of weeks, categorizing themes, flagging concerns, and generating summary reports for planning staff and elected officials.

Industry benchmark: Public comment analysis time reduced by 85%+
Reporting

Automated Regional Performance Reports

AI pulls data from member agency systems and auto-populates regional performance reports, grant progress reports, and board presentations, replacing days of manual assembly with hours.

Industry benchmark: Report preparation time reduced by 70–80%
Planning

Regional Planning Data Intelligence

AI surfaces trends, anomalies, and patterns across regional data sets, giving planning staff and leadership the intelligence needed to make data-driven regional decisions.

Industry benchmark: Planning staff time on data prep reduced by 50%+
AI Governance

AI Readiness Assessment for COGs

VeAssis scores your organization across five dimensions and delivers a written report with a prioritized roadmap. We work within your authority as a coordinating body, scoping what is achievable given the data you have access to.

Deliverable: Written AI Readiness Report + prioritized roadmap

No RFP. No Competitive Bid.

How Your Organization Engages VeAssis

VeAssis is an awarded supplier under HGACBuy Cooperative Contract AI05-26. Your organization satisfies its competitive procurement requirement by referencing the contract number on your Purchase Order. H-GAC completed the competitive process on your behalf.

01
Confirm Membership

Verify your organization is an HGACBuy member at hgacbuy.org. Not yet a member? The one-time Interlocal Contract form is free and takes minutes.

02
Scope & Quote

Contact VeAssis to discuss your project. We provide a written proposal and Contract Pricing Worksheet aligned to AI05-26 pre-negotiated rates.

03
Issue a Purchase Order

Issue your PO referencing HGACBuy Contract AI05-26. H-GAC issues an Order Confirmation and work begins. No competitive bid. No separate RFP.

View Contract Details Schedule a Consultation

Where to Start

The AI Readiness Assessment

Most organizations start with the AI Readiness Assessment, a fixed-price, 3–4 week engagement that scores your organization across five dimensions and delivers a written report with a prioritized roadmap your leadership can act on. Available under HGACBuy Contract AI05-26 with no bid process required.

Data Readiness

Are your data systems accessible, clean, and structured for AI use? We map your data landscape and identify gaps.

Infrastructure Readiness

Does your cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environment support AI workloads? We assess compute, storage, and integration capacity.

Governance Readiness

Do you have AI policies, data governance, and risk management frameworks in place? We score using our AI TrustFrame™ methodology.

Workforce Readiness

Does your team have the skills to adopt and sustain AI tools? We identify training needs and change management requirements.

Use Case Readiness

Which AI use cases are feasible given your current state? We prioritize by ROI, feasibility, and organizational readiness.

Investment: $8,000 – $18,000

Fixed price. 3–4 weeks. No bid process required under HGACBuy AI05-26.

Start Free Assessment
Take the Free AI Check