Evaluating Online PTSD Programs with Peer Support
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C10B18Q2990
- Agency
-
VA Technology Acquisition Center
Headquarters, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Awarded
- to Prevail Health Solutions LLC
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- GS-35F-114GA 36C10B18F2938 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- PSC
- Not on record
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
Notice text
3 versions
Update #3 · Latest ·
The National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (NCPTSD), Dissemination and Training Division, part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is responsible for creating training and educational products to support evidence-based care of Veterans with PTSD and related problems. PTSD is very common among Veterans and has a significant impact on Veterans quality of life. Most Veterans with PTSD do not access evidence-based treatments for PTSD, and many Veterans are either unable or choose not to access available mental health services of any kind. Lack of available services, distance from clinics, and stigma associated with mental health care are just a few of the barriers to providing care for Veterans and those living with a Veteran with PTSD. NCPTSD staff have developed online PTSD treatment programs to overcome these and other barriers to care. The programs are designed to assist Veterans in understanding PTSD and related problems, tracking their improvement over time, and managing symptoms using a variety of evidence-based therapy tools.
NCPTSD staff have developed a variety of online treatment programs. Two of the most recently developed programs designed to treat PTSD are web Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR)(web-STAIR) and web prolonged exposure (PE)(web-PE). STAIR (Cloitre, Cohen, & Koenen, 2006) is an evidence-based coping skills intervention for individuals who have experienced a traumatic event and are having emotion management and relationship difficulties. web-STAIR is a 10-core-module, direct-to-consumer adaptation of STAIR that is interactive, engaging, user friendly, and can be supported by coaching. Web-PE is an online, self-guided, therapist-assisted 10-module program that corresponds to the PE treatment manual (Foa, Hembree, & Rothbaum, 2007).
Preliminary data from separate ongoing studies evaluating both programs suggests that they are effective; however, an important unanswered question is whether streamlined versions of these programs would also be effective in reducing PTSD symptom severity.
In addition, the potential role of peer support has not been fully explored for either program. Previous research on peer support during online behavioral health interventions supports the benefit of peer support services on improving clinical outcomes (Myrick & del Vecchio, 2016). However, much of the research is not peer-reviewed or methodologically rigorous (Blash et al., 2015). Important unanswered questions about the role of peer support for online behavioral health interventions include: (1) who benefits most from peer support services, (2) how the peer support interactions promote treatment engagement and improved outcomes, and (3) when transition to a clinical provider is needed.
NCPTSD is in need of support to perform the following:
Conduct an observational study to examine how peer support interactions relate to clinical improvement and to identify Veteran characteristics associated with benefit from peer support services and need to step-up from peer support to clinician care.
Conduct clinical outcomes research to examine the efficacy of brief versions (i.e., a shorter number of modules) of web-STAIR with and without trained peer support in reducing PTSD and depression symptom severity.
Conduct clinical outcomes research to examine the efficacy of two versions of a brief exposure therapy intervention (written versus imaginal exposure to the trauma memory) with trained peer support in reducing PTSD symptom severity.
The above studies shall be conducted using an online platform that provides access to a large pool of Veterans (i.e. >100 per month), has built-in functionality for peer support and coaching of Veterans that can be used in the three studies. Software modifications are needed to conduct the three studies. For the observational study, questionnaires will need to be developed and available for study participants on the website. web-STAIR and Web-PE will need to be modified and made available to the study participants through the website. The Contractor shall adapt the current programs, in terms of length, functionality, and content, to match the technical, functional and esthetic environment of the website. Access to the current source code of these programs will be available at contract award.
The current web-STAIR application is written with .NET MVC 4.5 with Entity Framework on the backend. The front end is written with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) JavaScript. It uses a Microsoft Structured Query Language (MSSQL) database. The application has approximately 30,000 lines of code. The code repository is a Mercurial Repository hosted on Bitbucket. The current web-STAIR application is hosted on scalable cloud based servers provided by Rackspace.
The Web-PE application is developed in Visual Studio 2015 using Git with SQL Server 2013 and Entity Framework 6 on the backend. It is written with ASP.Net MVC, C#, and AutoMapper on the server side and AngularJS 1.5, TypeScript, JavaScript, JSON, and Bootstrap 3v on the client side.. Awarded Vendors: PREVAIL HEALTH SOLUTIONS LLC;1019 W LAKE ST 3RD FL;CHICAGO;IL;60607. Contract Award Dollar Amount: $300,000.00. Contract Award Date: 2018-09-24.
Update #2 ·
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Technology Acquisition Center is considering issuing a sole source contract to Prevail Health Solutions, LLC, 1105 W. Chicago Ave. Ste 203, Chicago, IL, 60642 VetsPrevail to conduct three studies to examine how different conditions relate to improvement of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity using its VetsPrevail website. To perform these studies, VetsPrevail will have to perform software modifications to VA owned software applications that will be used in the studies. This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued to collect market research in support of the Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition by reviewing the current marketplace to determine if sources other than Prevail Health Solutions, LLC are capable of meeting the requirements set forth in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) entitled Evaluating Online PTSD Programs with Peer Support.
This is RFI only. It is requested that vendors interested in competing for this effort demonstrate its capabilities to provide an online platform that provide access to a large pool of Veterans with built-in functionality for peer support coaching that can be used to conduct an observational study of up to 500 Veterans and to conduct clinical outcomes research as well as the technical expertise to perform the required software development tasks as described in the PWS. Marketing material will not be accepted as an indication of capability.
1. Provide, at a minimum, the following information in the initial paragraph of the capability statement:
Name of Company
Address
Point of Contact
Phone Number
Fax Number
Email address
Company Business Size and Status
NAICS code(s)
Socioeconomic data
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number
Any and all scheduled contracts your company may have (i.e. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules, Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC), etc.). Include Contract Number, expiration date, etc.
2. If your company is a Small Business, also include the following:
The intent and ability to meet set-aside requirements for performance of this effort.
Information as to proposed team members, the percentage of work each is to perform and which PWS requirements would be subcontracted.
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must indicate whether at least 50% of the cost incurred would be expended for prime employees or employees of other eligible SDVOSB/VOSB firms. This should also include the prime planned percentage and if under 50%, the names of the potential team members that may be used to fulfill the 50% SDVOSB/VOSB requirement.
NOTE: The preliminary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) selected for this requirement is 541512 and is subject to change. NAICS 541512 has a size standard of $27.5 million. A company that is not a VIP registered and verified SDVOSB or VOSB (http://www.va.gov/OSDBU/index.asp) should not represent itself as an SDVOSB for purposes of this RFI.
All responsible sources may submit a response in accordance with the following:
No more than 15 pages (excluding transmittal page)
Include the name, email address and phone number of the appropriate representative of your company.
Responses to this RFI shall be submitted via email to Contracting Officer Robert Kately at Robert.Kately@va.gov no later than noon on July 9, 2018. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. Do not submit a proposal or quote..
Update #1 ·
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Technology Acquisition Center is considering issuing a sole source contract to Prevail Health Solutions, LLC, 1105 W. Chicago Ave. Ste 203, Chicago, IL, 60642 VetsPrevail to conduct three studies to examine how different conditions relate to improvement of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity using its VetsPrevail website. To perform these studies, VetsPrevail will have to perform software modifications to VA owned software applications that will be used in the studies. This Request for Information (RFI) is being issued to collect market research in support of the Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition by reviewing the current marketplace to determine if sources other than Prevail Health Solutions, LLC are capable of meeting the requirements set forth in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) entitled Evaluating Online PTSD Programs with Peer Support.
This is RFI only. It is requested that vendors interested in competing for this effort demonstrate its capabilities to provide an online platform that provide access to a large pool of Veterans with built-in functionality for peer support coaching that can be used to conduct an observational study of up to 500 Veterans and to conduct clinical outcomes research as well as the technical expertise to perform the required software development tasks as described in the PWS. Marketing material will not be accepted as an indication of capability.
1. Provide, at a minimum, the following information in the initial paragraph of the capability statement:
Name of Company
Address
Point of Contact
Phone Number
Fax Number
Email address
Company Business Size and Status
NAICS code(s)
Socioeconomic data
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number
Any and all scheduled contracts your company may have (i.e. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedules, Government Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC), etc.). Include Contract Number, expiration date, etc.
2. If your company is a Small Business, also include the following:
The intent and ability to meet set-aside requirements for performance of this effort.
Information as to proposed team members, the percentage of work each is to perform and which PWS requirements would be subcontracted.
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) must indicate whether at least 50% of the cost incurred would be expended for prime employees or employees of other eligible SDVOSB/VOSB firms. This should also include the prime planned percentage and if under 50%, the names of the potential team members that may be used to fulfill the 50% SDVOSB/VOSB requirement.
NOTE: The preliminary North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) selected for this requirement is 541512 and is subject to change. NAICS 541512 has a size standard of $27.5 million. A company that is not a VIP registered and verified SDVOSB or VOSB (http://www.va.gov/OSDBU/index.asp) should not represent itself as an SDVOSB for purposes of this RFI.
All responsible sources may submit a response in accordance with the following:
No more than 15 pages (excluding transmittal page)
Include the name, email address and phone number of the appropriate representative of your company.
Responses to this RFI shall be submitted via email to Contracting Officer Robert Kately at Robert.Kately@va.gov no later than noon on July 9, 2018. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. Do not submit a proposal or quote.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| GS-35F-114GA-000.docx | DOCX document | |
| 36C10B18Q2990-001.docx | DOCX document | |
| 36C10B18Q2990-000.docx | DOCX document |
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