diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
index d4e4d3591b..f6d7e12858 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
@@ -1081,10 +1081,16 @@ class AmazonConverseConfig(BaseConfig):
             user_betas = get_anthropic_beta_from_headers(headers)
             anthropic_beta_list.extend(user_betas)
 
-        # Filter out tool search tools - Bedrock Converse API doesn't support them
+        # Separate pre-formatted Bedrock tools (e.g. systemTool from web_search_options)
+        # from OpenAI-format tools that need transformation via _bedrock_tools_pt
         filtered_tools = []
+        pre_formatted_tools: List[ToolBlock] = []
         if original_tools:
             for tool in original_tools:
+                # Already-formatted Bedrock tools (e.g. systemTool for Nova grounding)
+                if "systemTool" in tool:
+                    pre_formatted_tools.append(tool)
+                    continue
                 tool_type = tool.get("type", "")
                 if tool_type in (
                     "tool_search_tool_regex_20251119",
@@ -1116,6 +1122,9 @@ class AmazonConverseConfig(BaseConfig):
             # No computer use tools, process all tools as regular tools
             bedrock_tools = _bedrock_tools_pt(filtered_tools)
 
+        # Append pre-formatted tools (systemTool etc.) after transformation
+        bedrock_tools.extend(pre_formatted_tools)
+
         # Set anthropic_beta in additional_request_params if we have any beta features
         # ONLY apply to Anthropic/Claude models - other models (e.g., Qwen, Llama) don't support this field
         # and will error with "unknown variant anthropic_beta" if included
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 537367c5aa..3b2a8d20f2 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.2.0 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 2.1.4 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "a2a-sdk"
@@ -5704,6 +5704,24 @@ pytest = ">=7.0.0"
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["black", "flake8", "isort", "mypy"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-retry"
+version = "1.7.0"
+description = "Adds the ability to retry flaky tests in CI environments"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["dev"]
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest_retry-1.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a2dac85b79a4e2375943f1429479c65beb6c69553e7dae6b8332be47a60954f4"},
+    {file = "pytest_retry-1.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f8d52339f01e949df47c11ba9ee8d5b362f5824dff580d3870ec9ae0057df80f"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+pytest = ">=7.0.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["black", "flake8", "isort", "mypy"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dateutil"
 version = "2.9.0.post0"