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Contracting Officer Johanne Menard Johanne.Menard@va.gov None None None

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Faculty and Staff Support Contract VA Bedford Medical Center Veterans’ Health Administration (VHA)

1. GENERAL INFORMATION

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)1. Background:

The VA Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research’s (CHOIR’s) mission is to improve Veterans' health outcomes by developing, studying, and applying evidence-based practices that will be widely implemented and sustained. CHOIR’s areas of focused expertise include use of virtual care modalities, patient-centered care for marginalized populations, and precision oncology and shared decision-making. Other areas of research at CHOIR include informatics (with a focus on electronic health record (EHR) usability and experiences of EHR transition), long-term care, user-centered design, and implementation research. This project will provide health services research, program evaluation, statistical analysis & programming, and project administration & management services to help plan and execute CHOIRs projects and programs. Similar support may be required by other research divisions within VA Bedford.

2. Scope of Work:

The contractor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the deliverables described in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), except as may otherwise be specified. The purpose of this project is to plan and help execute health services research, health informatics research and evaluation, implementation research and quality improvement, as well as program evaluation tasks on a wide range of topics to be determined by the VA Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at VA Bedford Medical Center. Deliverables shall include strategic plans; analysis plans; editorial input to grant proposals and publications; statistical programs; analytic files; and technical documentation. Research based expertise shall be provided. Description of services for each of the faculty or staff positions that may be needed are provided in the PWS.

The Contractor agrees to provide services in accordance with the PWS. Position designations are based on education level and experience in their specific field of study. Fringe and salaries beyond the base year are estimated. Minor adjustments to fringe can be made at the start of each year in accordance with the University’s Negotiated Rate Agreement. Adjustments to salaries can be made each year in accordance with actual salary escalation (cost of living increases)

3. Performance Objectives:

In support of multiple VA-funded research and operations projects, the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at the VA Bedford Medical Center requires research and technical support services from its educational affiliate, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Services include health services research (including use of mixed-methods), health informatics research and evaluation (including assessment of user experience), implementation science research, quality improvement and program evaluation, statistical analysis & programming, and project administration & management. The UMass Chan Medical School Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences has a national reputation both for its health services and population health research and for its expertise in informatics and implementation science. UMass Chan will provide subject matter expertise; technical skill and knowledge; and academic research capabilities to provide the below-detailed services.

4. Task Orders:

Individual task orders will be issued for each specific study and will include project specific information and details outlined with a separate PWS for each task order issued.

Any combination of services stated in this PWS can be combined in a task order. All projects will be initiated by the contractor through strict adherence to VA-approved research protocols or requested operations technical assistance detailed in each task order PWS. The contract includes health services research, health informatics research and evaluation, implementation science research, quality improvement and program evaluation, statistical analysis & programming, and project administration & management.

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