Craig Hospital

Craig Hospital Research Department Division, a nonprofit tax-exempt hospital entity based in Englewood, Colorado, operates as a federal research grant recipient and prime contractor, delivering traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury research, clinical data infrastructure, and longitudinal rehabilitation outcomes tracking to the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Defense Health Agency, and the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research. The vendor holds a $3.4 million prime definitive contract with the VA for TBI registry and rehabilitation database support extending through September 2031, awarded on a sole-source basis citing institutional knowledge and fifteen years of continuity as the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Data and Statistical Center.

Craig Hospital's federal footprint splits 67% prime awards and 33% sub-awards across 54 total awards with combined potential value of $10.4 million and cumulative obligated dollars of $79.3 million — a reversal reflecting long-running multi-year grants where cumulative funding far exceeds individual-award ceilings. The customer base divides between health research grantors and veterans' healthcare. The Defense Health Agency funds ten awards, primarily under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420), supporting TBI and spinal cord injury intervention research: a $1.32 million grant for fatigue intervention program development and feasibility testing in adults with TBI (award date September 2024, completion September 2028), a $608 thousand project grant on resilience-related factors influencing psychosocial growth after TBI (September 2024 through September 2027), and a testosterone deficiency and endothelial dysfunction study in spinal cord injury (July 2025 through July 2028). The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living backs sixteen awards; the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services backs eight. The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funds six awards. The VA Strategic Acquisition Center Frederick anchors the largest dollar concentration with three awards totaling $10.2 million potential value, including the current definitive contract and prior awards under sole-source and competitive authority.

Craig Hospital acts predominantly as a prime recipient on federal research grants and holds a significant sub-recipient position across multi-site studies. As a subrecipient, the vendor participates in federally-funded studies led by The Ohio State University (data coordinating center work on traumatic brain injury comparative effectiveness rehabilitation research, multiple awards from October 2023 forward), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ENRICH Brain Health Project 2, March 2025), the University of Pennsylvania (TRACK-TBI Biomarkers study clinical site, multiple awards 2024–2025), Washington University (upper extremity function research for cervical spinal cord injury, multiple awards 2023–2025), Indiana University (data collection site for implementation research, three awards November 2024 through February 2023), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability, two awards), and Tampa VA Research and Education Foundation (website and data management core work). Across subrecipient work, Craig Hospital's typical role involves patient recruitment, enrollment, longitudinal follow-up data collection, transmission to data coordinating centers, and regulatory compliance. The vendor also serves as the Data Coordinating Center for select studies: under Ohio State University awards, Craig maintains the secure web-based database and authentication system for traumatic brain injury rehabilitation effectiveness research.

SCI-reported invoicing across federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $1.8 million over fiscal years 2023–2025, with FY2024 peak at $609 thousand. The SCI dataset captures approximately 2.3 to 2.7 FTEs delivered to the federal government in FY2023–2025, reflecting a small workforce segment engaged in service delivery; this represents a subset of the vendor's federal research activity and total enterprise workforce. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable service contracts ran a median around $117.83/hr, with rates spanning $110.84/hr at the tenth percentile through $124.81/hr at the ninetieth percentile. Seven awards face completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore enter recompete window. The vendor competes as a prime grant recipient without notable subcontracting footprint on its own awards; activity has accelerated significantly, moving from two awards in 2022 to twelve in 2024, reflecting increased federal investment in TBI and spinal cord injury rehabilitation research and Craig Hospital's position as a specialized research center in that domain.