SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- SHUTi Access
- Notice Date
- 11/1/2021 12:20:51 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611310
— Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Contracting Office
- RPO EAST (36C24E) PITTSBURGH PA 15212 USA
- ZIP Code
- 15212
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24E22Q0009
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2021
- Point of Contact
- Ms. Millicent Covert, Contracting Officer, Phone: (412) 822-3488
- E-Mail Address
-
millicent.covert@va.gov
(millicent.covert@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Regional Procurement Office (RPO) - East intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia (DBA: University of Virginia), 1001 North Emmet Street, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903-4833, to purchase access to SHUTi sleep pattern tracking portal for the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System. Sleep Healthy Using the Internet (SHUTi) is an internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia developed and hosted by the Center for Behavioral Health and Technology (CBHT) at the University of Virginia. The VA Research staff requires access levels to SHUTi in order to create users registration profiles, review participant progress, and to run and analyze reports in support of funded VA research study. STATEMENT OF NEED 1. TITLE OF PROJECT Enhancing pulmonary rehabilitation in veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease through internet-based cognitive-behavioral treatment for insomnia 2. BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease that is highly prevalent among Veterans. Pulmonary rehabilitation which incorporates exercise training and self-management education is recommended as standard management for COPD and Aims to increase daily activity and quality of life through improvement in symptoms and exercise tolerance and prompting health behavior change. Although insomnia is common is Veterans with COPD, the self-management education component of pulmonary rehabilitation does not address sleep, thus potentially explaining the lack of improvement in sleep following pulmonary rehabilitation. Insomnia can substantially impact the intended treatment goals of pulmonary rehabilitation as it has been found to be associated with limitations in activities of daily living (ADL), lower levels of physical activity, poor quality of life, greater COPD symptoms, and reduced exercise performance. Given that sleep is not addressed as part of pulmonary rehabilitation, untreated insomnia may partly account for the declines in quality of life and exercise capacity and absence of increased daily activity often reported following pulmonary rehabilitation. Implementing an insomnia-specific treatment in COPD patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation is likely to lead to improvements in sleep that could facilitate maintenance of gains in quality of life and exercise capacity and enhance daily activity levels following pulmonary rehabilitation. Cognitive- behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) not only improves sleep-specific symptoms of insomnia but also improves quality of life, reduces ADL limitations, and improves condition-specific symptoms. We postulate that CBT-I as an adjunct to home-based pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients with insomnia will lead to improvement in sleep quality that will facilitate achievement of optimal and enduring functional outcomes following pulmonary rehabilitation. To test this hypothesis, we will conduct a randomized controlled trial of Veterans with COPD and insomnia enrolled in home-based pulmonary rehabilitation assessed pre-pulmonary rehabilitation, post-pulmonary rehabilitation and at 6-month follow-up to test the impact of Internet-based CBT- I during home-based pulmonary rehabilitation on sleep and health-related functioning relative to home-based pulmonary rehabilitation only. We also examine whether sleep mediates the effects of treatment on health-related functioning. 3. TOOLS Sleep Healthy Using the Internet or SHUTi is an internet-based cognitive-behavior therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) developed and hosted by the Center for Behavioral Health and Technology (CBHT) at the University of Virginia. SHUTi is the most advanced commercially available online CBT-I program at this time. SHUTi s methodology includes: Complete brief online sleep diaries Receive personalized sleep window recommendations and tailored feedback View helpful explanations from sleep experts Relate to shared stories about insomnia Reinforcement of proper sleeping dynamics and increase sleep efficiency Documentation including lively illustrations, graphics, videos, and built-in algorithms Six engaging interactive learning modules. The comprehensive, step-by-step, self-training program has been shown to improve sleep for adults with chronic insomnia: Reducing number of awakenings Decreasing symptoms of fatigue Reducing time awake during the night Reducing time to fall asleep B. SCOPE OF WORK: DATA COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT AND TRACKING SOFTWARE The VA Research staff, or Client, requires access levels to SHUTi in order to create users registration profiles,Staff will not be interacting with participants nor customizing treatment via SHUTi. Staff will need access to SHUTi in order to create users registration profiles. review participant progress, and to run and analyze reports. Veteran participants require user level access to interact as a patient in the CBT-I. The VA Client and Participants will access SHUTi through the standard administrative website for the Program. Client will have access to the standard reports within the Program, which includes certain information about Participants progress and sleep measures generated from their sleep diary entries. CBHT will provide 120 individual subscriptions to the SHUTi Program (the Subscriptions ) for use by the Participants. The term of each Subscription will last for 9 months. All access for all participants will be deactivated by December 31, 2024. C. SPECIFIC MANDATORY TASKS UVA CBHT s Services: CBHT will provide the following services: Study Site Hosting: The Program is hosted and maintained by CBHT Access codes for up to 120 participants to access the SHUTi program Access to an administrative dashboard that provides site investigators with participant tracking and ability to readily export the relevant sleep, usage, and process data generated by the participants. SHUTi training for site investigators Ongoing consultation with Dr. Lee Ritterband, co-creator of SHUTi. Tier 2 technical support This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Any responsible sources who wish to identify their interest and capability to provide this equipment or equipment that is compatible must notify this Contracting Officer at Millicent.Covert@va.gov NLT Monday, November 8, 2021 by 11:59 AM EST. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Upon receipt of the interested parties' notification, the Contracting Officer will determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement or proceed with sole source negotiations.
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