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This special notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs announces intent to sole source a contract with Harvard Medical School for research and development subject matter expert services. The Ann Arbor VA Medical Center requires Harvard's expertise to adapt claims-based measures developed for Medicare data to VA data in support of a funded study assessing quality of VA and community care. Interested parties may submit capability statements by June 22nd detailing how their services meet requirements, but the notice states sole sourcing is within the government's discretion. No phone responses will be accepted.

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Special Notice Special Notice

SUBJECT*
Notice of Intent to Sole Source Research and Development Subject Matter Expert Services

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
15215-1802
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C24E23R0023
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
7:00PM EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA
ARCHIVE
5 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
N
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
B537
NAICS CODE*
541715
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
Veterans Health Administration

Regional Procurement Office East Building 32 Suite 1A1111 1010 Delafield Road Pittsburgh PA 15215-1802

POINT OF CONTACT*

Shannon Hukriede shannon.hukriede@va.gov

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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Harvard Medical School for Research and Development Subject Matter Expert Services in support of the VA funded research study: “Assessing Quality of VA and Community Care in the MISSION Era.” The Ann Arbor VAMC requires the subject matter expertise of the Harvard researchers to adapt/translate a set of claims-based measures developed by Harvard for use in Medicare data to VA data. The researchers at Harvard are the sole known developers and providers of the claims-based measure algorithms required for this study, which are not available to the public commercially or from any other known vendor at this time.

This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotes; however, any responsible source who can provide an equivalent service with the features described above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Thursday, June 22, 2023, 7:00 PM, EDT. Interest/capability statements which specifically detail how your service meets the requirement may be sent to Shannon Hukriede at shannon.hukriede@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.

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