Intent to Sole Source Research Services for Pain/Opioid Consortium

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Hillcrest Advisory for research services for its Pain/Opioid Consortium. Investigators at the VA HSR&D Pain/Opioid Consortium (CORE) require research services to meet a key component of their mission in effectively disseminating research findings to patients, partners, and the academic/research community through the creation of high quality infographics summarizing key research findings. Hillside Advisory is the only known research service provider of healthcare infographics with direct specialized experience working with veterans with chronic pain and VA, and that has experience in pain/opioid CORE topic areas of reduction of opioid harms, addiction, and pain management. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Tuesday, December 28, 2021, 11:00 AM, EST.  Interest/capability statements may be sent to Shannon Hukriede at Shannon.Hukriede@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.

Product Service Code: AN11

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