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Special Notice Special Notice

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Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319

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Contracting Officer Ann Marie Stewart annmarie.stewart@va.gov 401-919-0878

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Pre-Solicitation Notice for notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract for one year with the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 to obtain engineers, students, and research staff at CWRU to perform tasks as assigned to complete the goals of the VA funded research project "Triggered sacral neuromodulation to treat neurogenic detrusor overactivity based on algorithmic classification of bladder filling status from wireless pressure data" for the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Research and Development office. Due to the affiliate relationship with the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, as well as the technical specialized expertise for the engineering support on research studies and the dual appointments with the VA and the university the requirement will be sole sourced to CWRU.

Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to FedBizOps (FBO). The applicable NAICS code is 541715 with a 1000 employee size standard. The PSC is AN21. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only One Responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at annmarie.stewart@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.