This is a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration to Talmar Inc., a nonprofit organization, to support the Gerofit program under the Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECC). The Gerofit program provides elderly veterans with training on growing produce and delivering fresh produce to promote healthy eating habits and education. The contract has a total ceiling value of $150,000 and a period of...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 awarded a single award indefinite delivery contract to Cornell University's Office of Sponsored Programs to provide agricultural training services to veterans. A $140,513.50 firm fixed price delivery order was issued against the contract vehicle for Armed to Farm training to be conducted in Canandaigua, New York by September 30, 2021. The goal of the program is to train veterans and develop...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 awarded Equicenter Inc. an indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $398,200 to provide therapeutic horticulture services. Under the contract, two firm fixed price delivery orders have been issued against an unspecified government-wide acquisition contract vehicle totaling $338,703. The delivery orders are for therapeutic horticulture services to be provided at the Canandaigua VA...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded a Multiple Award Blanket Purchase Agreement to Talon Veteran Services Incorporated for mechanical and plumbing repair and maintenance services. The IDV is valued at up to $5 million and has a period of performance through December 2027. Talon Veteran Services Incorporated will serve as the prime contractor through its Sanford Federal division. Under the IDV, Talon Veteran Services Incorporated has received three task order...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 awarded a multiple award Blanket Purchase Agreement for construction program management and related services to Talon Veteran Services Incorporated. The BPA has a potential value of one dollar and a period of performance through September 14, 2027. The originating solicitation was a 100% Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside seeking quotes for construction program...
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a single award indefinite delivery contract to Techwerks LLC with a potential value of $24,026,400. The contract provides whole health education and training services to support VA programs. Between 2020 and 2023, the VA issued four firm fixed price delivery orders against this contract valued between $5.3 million and $6.5 million each. The task orders required Techwerks LLC to deliver whole health education and training services to VA headquarters in...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center Austin awarded Veterans Management Services, Inc. a single award indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $4.98 million to provide project and program management support services. Two firm fixed price delivery orders have been issued against this contract to date. The first delivery order, issued in September 2021 for $3.26 million, will provide these services in Washington, D.C. through September 2022. The second...
The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration awarded a blanket purchase agreement to Turf Innovations LLC to procure equipment required for cemetery operations across multiple locations. The IDV has a potential value of $3 million and a period of performance from date of award through November 1, 2025. Task orders issued against the IDV provide equipment to support cemetery maintenance and services at VA national cemeteries within the North Atlantic and Southeast...
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc., doing business as Technical Assistance, a single award indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $9.6 million. The firm fixed price delivery order contract is for technical assistance services to be performed in Washington, D.C. from May 2023 through May 2028. No set-aside was used for this award. The originating pre-solicitation notice indicated the agency intended to issue a request for proposal...
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration has awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Corral Coaching & Counseling, PLLC, a woman-owned small business, to provide equine assisted therapy services for the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 16 (VISN 16) in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The IDC has a ceiling value of $117,000.00 and a period of performance through March 31, 2025. Under this IDC, the VA has issued multiple firm fixed-price...
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 awarded a single award indefinite delivery contract to Talmar Inc. to support an agricultural program for veterans' mental health. The base period of performance is from March 28, 2022 to March 27, 2027 with a potential value of $628,765. Two firm fixed price delivery orders were issued against the contract to Talmar for $119,480 and $96,933.04 respectively to provide services outlined in the original solicitation notice. This includes implementing a 15-week program utilizing agricultural activities to benefit the mental health of veterans in the Baltimore, Maryland area. The program aims to provide 150 hours of classroom and hands-on training in sustainable agriculture and horticulture over two concurrent sessions to train veterans in hard and soft skills for employment in related industries. The Department of Veterans Affairs oversees healthcare and vocational rehabilitation programs to support the mental health and employment of military veterans through non-clinical means such as this agricultural training initiative.
The originating solicitation notice indicated the Department of Veterans Affairs' intent to sole source award to Talmar Inc. due to their experience providing similar programming to 31 veterans from 2019 to 2020 with successful outcomes. No set-asides were applied. Talmar will deliver the program through two 15-week cycles of introductory and advanced vocational training sessions held 4 days per week. The firm fixed price delivery orders against the IDV were awarded to Talmar as the prime contractor to provide the specialized instruction and hands-on training services outlined in the statement of work through the scheduled completion in March 2027.