Enterprise Optimization Partnership Intake Form_DRAFT_032026.docx

VA Office of Research & Development (ORD) Enterprise Optimization Division Request for Information Form:

Instruction:

Thank you for completing the Request for information to collect feedback on your interest in partnering with the VA Office of Research & Development Enterprise Optimization Division, through its VA Cooperative Studies Program (CSP) and Million Veteran Program (MVP) to further advance efforts to increase Veteran access to participate in clinical research opportunities.

Responses should be Arial and 12-point font.

Please submit all allowed attachments as PDFs.

For questions please contact: renee.kale@va.gov I. Main Point of Contact Information for correspondence related to this request:

Name: [text box] Email: [text box] Phone: [text box] II. Provide a description of your organization:

· Business Name: [text box]

· Company Address: [text box]

· Number of Years in Business: [text box]

· Business Size: [text box]

· Department: [text box]

· Company Website: [text box]

· SAM UEI:

III. Description of Collaboration:

1) Describe areas of expertise and interest, particularly in the following areas:

a) Execution of clinical research activities in rural settings across all phases of the study lifecycle (planning, start-up, enrollment, closeout)

b) Blood/specimen collection and shipment to centralized facilities for processing

c) Establishing partnerships with Veteran patient populations that facilitate engagement with those groups and enables their participation in clinical research

d) Establishing partnerships with other community stakeholder groups that contribute to Veteran patient participation in clinical research (Veteran organizations, Faith-based organizations, community health centers, etc.)

[text box not to exceed 500 words]* Please attach up to 2 pages of any relevant images or publications

2) Describe the resources that the company can provide to support this collaborative effort.

[text box not to exceed 300 words]

3) Provide the locations and indicate if the location is available to support all phases of a study or blood collection only.

IV. Prior experience with VA

· Has your organization had previous experience working with VA and/or are you working with any specific VA investigators/sites currently? If yes, please provide additional details regarding the scope of those engagements. [Text Box]- limit to 4 rows V. How did you learn about this Opportunity? (can check multiple) [ability to select one or more of the options provided]

□ RFI Announcement on SAM.GOV

□ VA Investigator: Please provide name of referring investigator and contact information [Text Box]

□ VA Non-Profit Organization: Please provide name of the organization [Text Box]

□ Other: [Text Box]

VI. Acknowledgement: By checking the box below, you acknowledge the following

□ CSP and MVP will not return or provide feedback on any submissions, but these groups reserve the right to further engage with respondents to clarify understanding of submitted comments.

□ CSP and MVP will treat any response to this RFI as source selection sensitive information and will protect confidentiality accordingly.

□ This notice is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents may be notified of the results of the evaluation.

□ Community partner and project staff must be located in the United States image1.jpeg