Notice of Intent to Sole Source Service - 636-18-4-4607-0454 - PO# 636D83066 Base PoP 9/15/18-9/14/19; Year One Option 9/15/19-9/14/20; Year Two Option 9/15/20 - 9/14/21

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Network Contracting Office (NCO) 23 intends to solicit and negotiate a sole source, firm fixed priced purchase order, under Simplified Acquisition Procedures under authority of FAR Part 13.106-1 (b)(1)(i), One Source Reasonably Available, to the University of Iowa for services in support of the specified aims of the Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City Project Study# CIN 13-412 and IIR 16-245, Principal Investigator Eli Perencevich and Marin Schweizer. NAICS Code 611310 with a size standard of $27.5 million will be utilized. The proximity of the University of Iowa and strong collaboration with the VA investigators is integral to the success of this project study.
The University of Iowa will provide labor, materials, and consultation services to the Iowa City VA Health Care System including: Provide expertise and support to develop VA grants using cutting edge qualitative methodologies and procedures, create interview guides for qualitative interviews, conduct qualitative interviews with health care workers at VA hospitals & clinics, analyze qualitative interview data, and interpret findings in collaboration with project leaders, and write manuscripts resulting from qualitative data.
Period of Performance: 9/15/2018 9/14/2019 Base Year. 9/15/2019 9/14/2020 Year-1 option period of performance; 9/15/2020 9/14/2021 Year-2 option period of performance.
This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. It is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available and no award will be made based on offerors responses to this notice.
A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for market research and information on whether to conduct a competitive procurement in future project study services awarded in support of grant recipients.
Please send all questions regarding this procurement to William Jefferson, Contract Specialist, at the Iowa City, VA NCO23 Specialized contracting office to william.jefferson4@va.gov. Telephone responses and requests will not be received..