S203--GOURMET Meal Delivery Study in Heart Failure for Research
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C24E25R0013
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 4
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 624210 Community Food Services
- PSC
- S203 Housekeeping- Food
- Place of performance
- Veterans Health Administration West Haven VA Medical Center West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration is seeking sources for a multi-center clinical research study called GOURMET-VA, which aims to evaluate nutritional support for heart failure patients. The study will require a meal vendor to provide home-delivered meals following a sodium-restricted Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating pattern for 6 weeks to intervention group participants. The research will enroll 1,400 Veterans aged 60 and older who have been hospitalized for new or worsening heart failure, with participants receiving either standard care or study-provided meals and additional dietary counseling. This is a sources sought notice to identify qualified business sources and determine the appropriate acquisition method, not a formal solicitation for proposals. The response deadline is March 24, 2025, at 12:00 Eastern Time, with the contracting office located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The procurement does not have a specific set-aside designation and will be categorized under NAICS code 624210 for Community Food Services and PSC code S203 for Housekeeping-Food. The place of performance will be the Veterans Health Administration West Haven VA Medical Center in Connecticut. While specific award values are not disclosed, the contract will involve providing meal services for a 6-week research study period. Potential vendors must be capable of delivering meals that accommodate participants with sufficient dentition and swallowing function, with the ability to potentially provide pureed meals if necessary. Key qualifications will likely include the ability to prepare meals following specific nutritional guidelines, deliver meals to participants' homes, and potentially adapt to individual dietary restrictions or needs within the study's established parameters.
Notice text
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE
Sources Sought: This is NOT a solicitation for a proposal, proposal abstract, or quote. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding qualified business sources. The responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method.
STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)
1. CONTRACT TITLE.
Meal Vendor, CSP 2025 Geriatric Out-of-hospital Randomized Meal Trial in heart failure: Veterans Affairs (GOURMET-VA)
2. BACKGROUND.
CSP 2025 Geriatric Out-of-hospital Randomized Meal Trial in heart failure: Veterans Affairs (GOURMET-VA) is a research study sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Cooperative Studies Program (CSP). The purpose of this multi-center clinical trial is to study the efficacy and safety of providing nutritional support in addition to the study-defined standard of care (standardized dietary education and a single dietary counseling session shortly after discharge) compared to the study-defined standard of care alone.
The study-provided meals and dietary education/counseling will follow a sodium-restricted Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating pattern, which has been associated with lower heart failure (HF) incidence and greater survival in patients with HF. All participants will receive VA-approved dietary educational material at enrollment, and a single, remotely delivered dietary counseling session during the first week post-discharge. Intervention arm participants will receive home-delivered meals for a period of 6 weeks post-discharge and a total of three remotely delivered dietary counseling sessions.
This study will enroll 1,400 Veteran participants aged 60 years who have been hospitalized ( 24 hours) for new HF or worsening chronic HF at a Veterans Affairs medical facility. Eligible participants need to have dentition, swallowing function, etc. sufficient to safely consume food and liquid of standard composition and texture (pureed meals may be allowable). The exclusion criteria include food allergies or intolerances that cannot be accommodated by study diet; on dialysis or estimated glomerular filtration rate 6.0 mmol/L during index hospitalization; heart transplant or active transplant listing; left ventricular assist device present or anticipated
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C24E25R0013.docx | DOCX document |
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