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This document is a Special Notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) indicating the VA's intent to award a sole source Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price contract for a three-year period to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) to provide uniquely qualified and experienced personnel to support the VA Boston Healthcare System's research efforts.

The VA requires support from HSPH faculty and staff with expertise in biostatistics, data science, and data analysis to contribute to the design and development of high-throughput phenotyping strategies, data analytics, and other research study data, including nutritional and cancer research. Due to HSPH's proximity and existing affiliate relationship with the VA, they are deemed the only practical vendor without substantial duplication in costs or delays to the VA's research. The contract will be awarded on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302.5-1, Authorized or Required by Statute per 41 USC 3304(a)(5). The applicable NAICS code is 541990 with a $19.5 Mil size standard, and the PSC is AN12. Interested parties may contact the Contracting Officer, Ann Marie Stewart, regarding this procurement.

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Special Notice Special Notice

SUBJECT*
Epidemiology BioInformatics Research Support Personnel

Pre-solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source.

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
15215-1802
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C24E24R0022
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
05-31-2024 15:00 EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA
ARCHIVE
99 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
N
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
AN12
NAICS CODE*
541990
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
Veterans Health Administration

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

POINT OF CONTACT*

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

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DESCRIPTION

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 Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price contract for a three-year period with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH), 677 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115 its primary academic affiliate, to provide uniquely qualified and experienced personnel who work closely with the research team at the VA Boston Healthcare System. the VA Boston Healthcare System needs support from faculty and staff from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) to contribute expertise in biostatistics, data science, and data analysis. These researchers will provide guidance in the design and development of high-throughput phenotyping strategies, data analytics, and other research study data, including nutritional and cancer.

Due to the precise expertise required by the VA, proximity, and existing affiliate relationship, they are the only vendor practical, without experiencing substantial duplication in costs or delays to VA research. Furthermore, since the HSPH is an academic affiliate, the VA is authorized to procure these services pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8153.

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 541990 with a $19.5 Mil size standard. The PSC is AN12. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.5-1, Authorized or Required by Statute per 41 USC §3304(a)(5).

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.

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