A--Graduate Student Support for Collection & Documentation of Research Data for Publication

The Cleveland VAMC Acquisition Group in Brecksville, Ohio, intends to negotiate a sole source contract with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, an affiliate of the Cleveland VAMC. The contract involves a range of technical services including literature review, design and construction of instrumentation and hardware for input devices, computer programming for sensor signal processing, biomechanical simulation of control algorithms, mechanical and statistical analysis, experimental implementation of functional electrical stimulation (FES) controllers, assistance with laboratory data collection, and preparation of both written and oral reports. The government has determined that only this source is capable of fulfilling the agency's requirements. Other interested parties may submit their interest and capability to respond by September 6, 2005, with all inquiries required to be in writing. The Contracting Officer holds the sole discretion to decide whether to compete the proposed contract based on submissions received. This contract supports graduate student involvement in research data collection and documentation for publication under solicitation number VA-SNOTE-050830-001, with the notice posted on August 30, 2005.