The Department of Veterans Affairs, through VA Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick, awarded a $3.4 million firm fixed price definitive contract to Craig Hospital for traumatic brain injury registry and rehabilitation database support on September 30, 2026, under sole-source authority citing only one responsible source per FAR 6.302-1 and 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1).
The contract covers data coordination, database maintenance, data quality, statistical analysis, reporting, and consultation for the VA Traumatic Brain Injury Veterans Health Registry and VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center/TBI Model Systems Longitudinal Research Database. Craig Hospital serves as the current Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center and holds over 15 years of institutional knowledge, existing VA-to-national TBIMS data harmonization architecture, validated security controls, and established relationships with five VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers. Market research identified four capable sources; only Craig Hospital demonstrated capability to perform without material transition risk. Award to any other source would require duplicative reconstruction of data mappings and procedures, risking interrupted registry processing.
Place of performance is Englewood, Colorado. The contract structure comprises one 12-month base period valued at $634,344 and four 12-month options, with total potential value of $3.4 million and ultimate completion date of September 29, 2031. Services include program management, secure database administration, longitudinal data processing and validation, statistical and epidemiological consultation, technical assistance to VA Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers, recurring and ad hoc reporting, research methodology support, knowledge translation, database modernization, and harmonization of VA data with the national TBIMS database in support of Public Law 110-181, Section 1704.