AJ11--Research Services - Public Health Approach to Firearm Injury and Suicide Prevention Pre-solicitation Notice with Intent to Sole Source
Veterans Affairs · RPO EAST (36C24E)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 36C24E26R0016 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
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What the notice says
Pre-Solicitation Notice for notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source contract for a five (5) year period with the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239 to provide expertise to conduct research on a public health approach to firearm injury and suicide prevention among Veterans and related topics. Research Data Analysts, Biostatisticians, and Epidemiologists must possess master s or doctoral training in public health. Training and/or exte… (show all)
nsive experience in injury prevention is preferred. Research Assistants must have bachelor s degrees and training with extensive experience in public health, injury prevention, firearm injury prevention, and/or Veteran health promotion. Staff must be actively presenting at state, regional, and national conferences and publishing manuscripts on topics related to a public health approach to firearm injury prevention. Advanced expertise in subfields of a public health approach to firearm injury prevention among Veterans including the epidemiology of firearm injuries among Veterans in Oregon; suicide prevention; violence intervention programs; secure firearm storage; health promotion among Veterans; Extreme Risk Protection Orders; and cultural competency to communicate with firearm owners on the sensitive topic of firearm injury prevention. Staff must also have established relationships in Oregon with firearm-related organizations (e.g., businesses or enthusiast groups), Veteran-serving organizations, healthcare organizations, and other relevant organizations. Investigators and supporting staff have been utilizing OHSU to support a series of research projects that are related to Veteran health. OHSU is the primary academic affiliate of the VA Portland Healthcare System. 38 U.S.C. 8153 allows for sole source awards related to research with VA academic affiliates. Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted to Contract Opportunities on SAM.gov. The applicable NAICS code is 541720 with a $20 MIL size standard. The PSC is AJ11. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.5 Authorized or Required by Statute. Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at annmarie.stewart@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
Who won similar work
7 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Veterans Affairs), same NAICS 541720.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTAT, INC. | 2 | $3.4M | Aug 21, 2026 |
| TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston MA 02118 USA | 1 | $27.1M | Aug 29, 2025 |
| OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY PORTLAND 97239 | 1 | $175K | Sep 15, 2026 |
| VERVE, LLC | 1 | $167K | Sep 18, 2025 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM Birmingham AL 35294 USA | 1 | $100K | Aug 3, 2026 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM 35294 | 1 | $25K | Jul 30, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.
- Sep 15, 2026OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY PORTLAND 97239$175KAN12--Machine Learning Analytics for Total Brain Diagnostics Project
- Aug 21, 2026WESTAT, INC.$2.9MR702--Study of Post 9/11 Veterans
- Aug 11, 2026WESTAT, INC.$484KR499--HealthViews: Health of Vietnam Era Women's Study | PO 640C69221
- Aug 3, 2026UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM Birmingham AL 35294 USA$100KAward Notice - Exosome Mediated Effects on Cardiac Injury
- Jul 30, 2026UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM 35294$25KAA11--521-26-4-6175-0600; Advanced Bladder Cancer (VA-26-00080229)
- Sep 18, 2025VERVE, LLC$167KAN41--554 | MIRECC LAB_Rural Veteran Suicide Prevention Data Analysis
- Aug 29, 2025TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Boston MA 02118 USA$27.1MResearch Services - Boston University
Competitive landscape
For the 6 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 25 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.