AJ12--Human Performance Lab (HPL) Exercise Testing
ID: 36C26025Q0165Type: Sources Sought
Overview

Buyer

VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OFVETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF260-NETWORK CONTRACT OFFICE 20 (36C260)VANCOUVER, WA, 98662, USA

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715)

PSC

GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH (AJ12)

Set Aside

Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) (SBA)

Original Source

https://sam.gov/opp/644fad660035490e916f1b5afa6419d1/view
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    Description

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking qualified small businesses, particularly Service-Disabled Veteran Owned and Veteran Owned Small Businesses, to provide exercise testing services for a Human Performance Lab (HPL) as part of a research project focused on exercise-induced hypoalgesia in women veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain. The project aims to compare the effects of various intensities of interval training and requires adherence to a defined Statement of Work (SOW), including tasks such as participant enrollment, conducting exercise protocols, and collecting pain data. This initiative is part of the VA’s Health Services Research & Development Pain/Opioid Consortium and emphasizes strict data security and privacy requirements. Interested vendors must respond with their capabilities and relevant experience by January 22, 2025, to Phillip Folger at phillip.folger@va.gov, with the project set to commence on March 1, 2025, and span one year.

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    Phillip FolgerContract Specialist
    phillip.folger@va.gov
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    The VA Portland Healthcare System is issuing a Sources Sought Notice to identify qualified small businesses, particularly Service-Disabled Veteran Owned and Veteran Owned Small Businesses, to provide exercise testing services for a Human Performance Lab (HPL). The project aims to study exercise-induced hypoalgesia in women veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain by comparing the effects of various intensities of interval training. Interested vendors must respond by January 22, 2025, with detailed information about their capabilities and relevant experience. The services will adhere strictly to a defined Statement of Work (SOW) and follow a firm-fixed price service contract model. The research is part of VA’s Health Services Research & Development Pain/Opioid Consortium and demands adherence to protocols established by the Joint IRB of Oregon Health & Science University and VA. Key tasks include participant enrollment, conducting exercise protocols, pain data collection, and adverse event reporting. The project is set to commence on March 1, 2025, and span one year, with strict data security and privacy requirements. Responses collected will guide the government in determining the structure and approach of the eventual contract solicitation, which has not been issued at this time.
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