AWARD
A -- Web Intervention for OIF-OEF Veterans with Mental Health Problems (534)
- Notice Date
- 2/11/2010
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- NAICS
- 541720
— Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Augusta VA Medical Center;Network Logistics Contracting Office;1 Freedom Way;Augusta GA 30904-6285
- ZIP Code
- 30904-6285
- Solicitation Number
- VA-247-09-RP-0348
- Archive Date
- 10/25/2009
- Point of Contact
- Agatha PalmerContract Specialist
- E-Mail Address
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Contracting Officer's email
(agatha.palmer@va.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- VA247-P-1116
- Award Date
- 9/25/2009
- Awardee
- UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI;1611 NW 12TH AVE STE 311;MIAMI;FL;331361002
- Award Amount
- 39,301.00
- Description
- Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center Augusta, Georgia For Research and Development Services Web Intervention for OIF-OEF Veterans with Mental Health Problems 1.REQUIRING ACTIVITY: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 109 Bee Street, Charleston, SC 29401 2.CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Network Logistics Contracting Activity, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30909 3. PROPOSED ACTION: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Network Logistics Contracting Activity Augusta, GA intends to award a sole source contract to University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 1695 N.W. 9th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136 The University of Miami is a Large Business. 4.DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: The contractor will provide research and development services for web intervention for 5. STATUTORY AUTHORITY PERMITTING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETION: 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii), Industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental, or research capability; or expert services. 6. NATURE OF ACQUISTION OT MEET THE AUTHORITY CITED IN PARAGRAPH 5: The work proposed to be performed is based on the study proposal submitted by the Principal Investigator for VA HSR&D Merit Grant MHI 08-104-2 that will use qualitative methods to develop and preliminarily evaluate a web-based intervention for OIF/OEF veterans with clinical or subclinical mental health problems associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD), and/or substance abuse. Participants will be OIF/OEF veterans who are recruited via mental health specialty clinics within the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and affiliated CBOCs in Savannah, Myrtle Beach, Goose Creek, and Beaufort. The primary purpose of the current position is to facilitate development and evaluation of this web-based intervention and to ensure that the product is cost-effective as well as a highly usable, feasible, and efficient teaching resource for necessary self-help skills. 7. LOCATE SOURCE: Sara Czaja, PhD., IS Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami She is also the Co-Director on the Center on Aging at the University of and the Director of the Center on Research and Education for Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE). The focus of CREATE is on making technology more accessible, useful, and usable for adult populations. Dr. Czaja is very well published and has written numerous book chapters and scientific articles. She recently co-authored a book with other members of the CREATE team concerning the design of technology for adult populations. In addition, she has been the chair of the Risk Prevention and Behavior Scientific Review Panel of the National Institutes of Health, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Gerontological Society of America. The Merit Grant has approved Dr. Czaja to work for three (3) years as the Co-Investigator on this project. Dr. Czaja will work closely with the Principal Investigator, Dr. Kenneth Ruggiero, to facilitate the development and evaluation of the web-based intervention, and to ensure that the product is both a cost-effective and an efficient technological resource for necessary self-help skills. In addition, Dr. Czaja will assist the research team in developing materials and questions that will be used in focus groups and cognitive interviews for the web-based intervention. Her involvement in this project will ensure that the technology is accessible, useful, and usable 8. CUSTOMERS SUBMISTION OF PRICE ANALYSIS: The Customer has submitted his price analysis in accordance with the allocation of the VA Merit Grant for the Base Year, Option Year 1 and Option Year 2. 9.FUTURE ACTIONS TO OVERCOME BARRIER TO FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION: In accordance with FAR 6.302-3(a)(2) (ii) this acquisition is exempt because it necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or federally funded research and development center. 10. SYNOPSIS: This acquisition will be advertised in FedBizOpps. 11. I hereby certify that this justification is accurate and complete to the best of my belief and knowledge. 9/4/09 _______________________________ ________________ AGATHA S. PALMER Date Contracting Officer
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