AN12--Epidemiology BioInformatics Research Support Personnel Pre-solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source.

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.