Blanket Purchase Agreement 75R60221A00032

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Yeager Scott of Essex Junction, Vermont for medical expert services supporting the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Under multiple firm fixed price call contracts issued between April 2021 and September 2023 valued between $750 to $11,000, Yeager Scott provided case-specific medical review, consulting, and expert witness services. The contracts were set aside for total small businesses and involved performance in Essex Junction, Vermont for various case numbers and periods of up to one year to directly assist the Health Resources and Services Administration in evaluating claims and issuing determinations under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program adjudicates claims asserting injury or death associated with covered childhood vaccines and aims to provide an alternative no-fault compensation system in place of civil litigation.

The multiple call contracts issued against the blanket purchase agreement procured medical expert consulting services from Yeager Scott for Vaccine Injury Compensation Program cases numbered 17-0531, 19-0218, 19-1782, and others. Services included clinical and legal medical case review, analysis, and expert witness support. Performance was to take place in Essex Junction, Vermont under terms of up to one year. Contract values ranged from $750 to $11,000 and were designated as total small business set asides. The purpose was to obtain specialized expertise to assist the Health Resources and Services Administration's alternative federal vaccine injury compensation program.