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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Special Notice Rev. March 2010 A Communications Services-Expert for Greater Los Angeles VA within the VA Health Services Research and Development Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, at the Greater LA VA.

15212 36C24E19Q0173 N 541714 US Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319

INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE:

The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (Health Services Research and Development) intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with Maureen Jerrett, 1709 Maple Street, Santa Monica CA 90405-2725 pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(only one source) for the procurement of expert communications experience in the fields of health science and health care. Unique qualifications to fulfill expert writing and editing of policy briefs and public health communications may include, but not limited to:

1) Assist in revising existing study materials for online dissemination. These materials include a document on project background, descriptions of implementation costs, difficulties, as well as risks and their mitigations, and an overview of an implementation toolkit.

a. Review existing materials

b. Meet with researchers to understand online forums and revision needs

c. Deliver revised materials

2) Provide feedback on content and layout of two CSHIIP websites (Main CSHIIP internet site and one project-specific VA Pulse page.)

a. Meet with CSHIIP communications team to review internet site and provide feedback

b. Meet with researcher(s) to review VA Pulse page and provide feedback

3) Work with researchers to produce 3 1-page visual abstracts. Visual abstracts are a single image, designed to help the reader to quickly gain an overview on research article.

a. Review published findings and/or project final abstracts

b. Meet with researcher(s) to review content

c. Draft visual abstract

d. Review draft with researcher(s)

e. Make revisions and deliver final drafts

4) Work with researchers to produce 3 4-page Research Area Summaries that describe the current CSHIIP projects happening in the areas of Primary Care, Women’s Health, and Complimentary and Integrative Health.

a. Review current project abstracts

b. Meet with researcher(s) to review content

c. Draft research area summary

d. Review draft with researcher(s)

e. Make revisions and deliver final drafts

5) Work with researchers to produce 2 1-2-page Policy/Practice Impact Briefs that describe significant contributions to VA policy or practice that have resulted from CSHIIP projects.

a. Meet with researcher(s) to review content

b. Draft impact briefs

c. Review draft with researcher(s)

d. Make revisions and deliver final drafts

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes; however any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting this requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Tuesday, September 10, at 10:00 AM ET.

Interest/capability statements may be sent to Linda Buccigrossi at linda.buccigrossi@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

NAICS: 541714