AN42--WRIISC Veterans Control Group Repository

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, through Veterans Integrated Service Network 2, has issued Special Notice 36C24226Q0213 for a clinical research contract supporting the Airborne Hazards and Burn Pits Center of Excellence (AHBPCE). This procurement seeks a contractor to establish a control group for the Post-Deployment Cardiopulmonary Evaluation Network (PDCEN), a congressionally mandated research initiative. The contract falls under NAICS code 541715 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and Product Service Code AN42 (Health R&D Services). The contracting office is located at the Samuel S. Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, New York, with Mariangie Rivera serving as the point of contact. The procurement is not set-aside and represents an Intent to Award via Sole Source, though the government retains discretion to conduct competitive procurement based on received responses.

The objective is to procure services from a contractor with extensive expertise in assessing and managing pulmonary diseases related to environmental and occupational exposures to develop a clinical research study. The contractor must recruit 25 military veterans (deployed or non-deployed) who are free of symptoms and diseases, secure all necessary regulatory approvals, collect and store cardiopulmonary physiological data, and transfer anonymized data to the VA. Interested parties must submit Expressions of Interest by December 18, 2025, at 10:00 AM EST, with a final response deadline of December 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM EST, via email to Mariangie.Rivera@va.gov. The base contract period runs from January 15, 2026, to January 14, 2027, with two optional one-year extensions, and requires qualified personnel including a Principal Investigator from Pulmonary Division, Co-Investigator from Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and a Study Coordinator. Contractors must also comply with subcontracting limitations requiring that no more than 50 percent of contract value be paid to non-veteran-owned subcontractors, with significant penalties for non-compliance.