SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- RURAL HEALTH INTIATIVE - SOLE SOURCE NOTICE
- Notice Date
- 12/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs, White River Junction VAMROC, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center, DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS;VA MEDICAL CENTER;215 NORTH MAIN ST;WHITE RIVER JUNCTION VT 05009-0001
- ZIP Code
- 05009-0001
- Archive Date
- 1/7/2009
- Point of Contact
- Stacy SullivanContract Specialist<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center, 215 North Main St., White River Junction, VT 05009-0001, intends to negotiate a sole source procurement for Office of Rural Health (ORH) Program Initiative with Dartmouth University (Trustees of Dartmouth).Services shall include, but not be limited to: 1)AN extensive literature review to include the identification and review of publications regarding rural health care ethics using all appropriate datasets, such as Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, and BIOSIS, to facilitate the literature research. 2)Interviews with IE Ethical Consultation Coordinators. Interview questions will be developed and pilot tested, and interviews will be conducted with IE Ethical Consultation Coordinators in rural VA facilities to better understand the ethical issues encountered. Appropriate research committee and IRB review will be obtained. 3)Professional organization reviews to include: Interviews will be planned and conducted with staff of professional organizations external to VA (to include AMA and American Psychological Association) to determine whether ethical guidelines have been developed to assist professionals in rural settings. Additionally, the project team will review the professional organization's policies and guidelines regarding the ethical standards of health care for professionals working in rural VA settings. 4)Preparation of a Final Report and Paper(s). The report of findings will be directed to and for The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health (ORH) located at 810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington DC 20420. Additional papers for publication will be drafted and approved by the Office of Rural Health. This announcement is not a request for competitive quotations. No solicitation document is available and telephone inquiries will not be honored; however, interested parties may submit literature detailing how their services meet the VA requirements to the Contracting Officer. Responses received on or before December 10, 2008 will be considered. A determination not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice will be solely at the discretion of the government.
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