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This is a Special Notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) North Texas Health Care System for a sole-source contract with Baylor School of Medicine. The procurement is for specialized laboratory services to analyze blood biomarkers related to neurological injury and neurodegeneration in stored blood samples, specifically focusing on investigating potential relationships between these biomarkers and long-term cognitive impairment post-COVID.

The contract will be awarded under FAR 6.302-3, which allows sole-source awards to educational institutions for essential research. Interested parties may submit capability statements to Contracting Officer Lynn M. Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov by August 1st, 2025, at 12 PM EST. The solicitation number is 36C24E25R0029, with a NAICS code of 541715 and Product Service Code of AJ11. The final award date is anticipated to be September 19, 2025, and the contract will utilize the specialized laboratory equipment at Baylor. The government retains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the requirement based on submitted capability statements.

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Special Notice Special Notice

SUBJECT*
Research Lab Services - Post-COVID Neurocognitive Dysfunction - DALLAS | EDA: 9/19/25

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
15215-1802
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C24E25R0029
RESPONSE DATE/TIME/ZONE
08-01-2025 12PM EASTERN TIME, NEW YORK, USA
ARCHIVE
99 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
N
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
AJ11
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*

Contracting Officer Lynn M Portman Lynn.Portman@va.gov 412-822-3442

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The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA North Texas Health Care System, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Baylor School of Medicine, pursuant to FAR 6.302‐3. FAR 6.302-3 allows sole source awards that establish or maintain essential research to be provided by an educational institution. According to FAR 6.302‐3(ii) states that a full and open competition need not to be provided when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center. This contract is for laboratory services to measure blood biomarkers of neurological injury and neurodegeneration in stored blood samples, with the objective of assessing potential relationships between these biomarkers and long-term cognitive impairment utilizing the specialized laboratory equipment housed by Baylor. This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than August 1st, 12PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@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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