The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 has awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $1.8 million to the National Opinion Research Center, doing business as NORC, to conduct an ASCEND Survey for Veterans Suicide Prevention. The firm fixed price contract runs from August 15, 2023 through January 31, 2024 and calls for NORC to deliver survey-based data collection and analysis services to support VA's suicide prevention...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract worth $630,336 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) to provide suicide prevention research services. The contract will run through November 30, 2024. This award is associated with the VA's Aligning Systems for Suicide Prevention Initiative Program at the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina. The original solicitation was a sole source notice, as...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a $100,000.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Straight Scoop For Vets & Friends, a veteran-owned non-profit organization, for suicide prevention support and training services. The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026 and is not associated with any set-aside designation. The contract was awarded under the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 (VISN 19) program, which provides healthcare services...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, operating through its Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities division, has been awarded a $523,798 firm fixed price definitive contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6. The contract is for suicide prevention research services to support VHA programs. No subcontractors or set aside designations were identified. The place of performance will be in Durham, North...
This is a $53,000 Firm Fixed Price (FFP) definitive contract awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to Anduril LLC, a minority and woman-owned small business. The contract is for the provision of cognitive behavioral intervention services related to suicide prevention, which will be performed in Aurora, Colorado. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Anduril LLC has previously provided similar services to the Defense Health Agency,...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $195,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for the development of a suicide prevention questionnaire. The contract has a performance period through March 31, 2026. AFSP is a non-profit organization dedicated to suicide prevention through research, education, and advocacy. This contract award builds on AFSP's prior experience providing suicide prevention assessments to the VA. The...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded a $288,321 cost-no-fee definitive contract to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a non-profit organization, to conduct a one-year Suicide Prevention Workshop. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, requires NAS to bring together leading experts and interested parties to examine the VA's large-scale grant program and provide guidance on reviewing its impact on veteran suicide. The workshop and associated activities will be...
This is a $8,999,927.60 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 (VISN 19) of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), a non-profit organization, for suicide prevention services. The contract has a period of performance through March 29, 2027. WICHE has a proven track record of delivering mental health and substance abuse services to federal agencies, including the Department of...
This is a $3,548,869.96 firm-fixed price contract awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration to Minuteman Technology Services LLC, a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The contract is for the DATA ASCEND SUICIDE PREVENTION SURVEY, which supports the development phase of the Assessing Social and Community Environments with National Data (ASCEND) program for veteran suicide prevention at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $106,250.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the "Veteran Empower Program - Suicide Prevention Research and Training" project. This contract, which runs through March 19, 2025, was awarded without a small business set-aside. The contract is part of the VA's efforts to address suicide prevention among service members, veterans, and their families. UAMS will be...