Top

AJ11--Research Support Brigham & Womens

Active

36C24E21R0030Federal

Contract Overview

Solicitation details, issuing organization, response deadlines, documents, and interested companies for this government contract opportunity.

AI Contract Overview

The Department of Veterans Affairs at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center plans to negotiate a sole source contract with Brigham & Women’s Hospital to support several VA research initiatives focused on brain health MRI imaging. The contract involves advanced work from the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Lab at Brigham & Women’s, which has developed a model-free diffusion MRI (dMRI) harmonization method. This method enables standardization of raw dMRI signals across multiple imaging sites, overcoming variability in scanner parameters such as gradients, b-values, and spatial resolution. This harmonization framework is critical for consistent neuroimaging data analysis across VA imaging centers, which currently handle approximately 500,000 brain scans annually. The technology is especially important for diagnosing and studying brain injuries, such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), by enabling reliable comparisons across different scanners and over time, addressing a historic lack of calibration in MRI. This effort is part of the LIMBIC-CENC project that establishes uniform imaging standards across the VA system and ensures research consistency in key diagnostic categories involving brain health. The notice emphasizes this is an intent to negotiate without competition but allows other capable parties to submit capability statements by July 16th to be considered. The primary point of contact for submissions or inquiries is Lynn M. Portman. The contract, identified under solicitation number 36C24E21R0030, falls under the NAICS code 611310 and is managed by the VA’s RPO East office located in Pittsburgh, PA. The government retains sole discretion to proceed without competition based on responses to this notice.

General Info

VA to negotiate sole source contract with Brigham & Women’s for brain MRI harmonization research.

Agency

Department Of Veterans Affairs → Rpo East (36C24E)

NAICS

611310 - Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Place of Performance

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

36C24E21R0030 - Research Support Brigham & Womens

sources-sought

Low

AI Contract Breakdown

Uniform Contract Format

Contract not broken down yet

CLEATUS splits the solicitation into Uniform Contract Format (UCF) sections: scope, pricing, deliverables, and evaluation criteria.

Timeline

PostedJul 14

special-notice

Ready to pursue this opportunity?

Get full access to track this contract, build proposals with AI assistance, and manage your pipeline.

Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Rpo East (36C24E)

Contacts1 person available

OfficePITTSBURGH, PA, 15212, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Veterans Affairs → Rpo East (36C24E)

Office AddressPITTSBURGH, PA, 15212, USA

Contacts

Lynn M Portman

contact@example.gov

+1 (555) 000-0000

Full Description

Page 1 of 1 The Department of Veterans Affairs, Salt Lake City VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Brigham & Women s Hospital in support of VA research study, VA Quantitative Quality Assurance (VA-QQA) MRI for Brain Health , CHIPS: Clinical Health Imaging Portability Standards for VA MRI , and Neuroimaging Data Harmonization for LIMBIC-CENC . The Psychiatry Neuroimaging Lab at Brigham and Women s have been developing a model-free dMRI harmonization method which can be used to harmonize the raw dMRI signal (and not just a particular dMRI measure of interest) across sites. This framework estimates an efficient mapping across scanners despite differences in scanner parameters (including different number of gradients, b-values and spatial resolution). The Neuroimaging Data Harmonization for LIMBIC-CENC is a standardization implementation of the VA imaging centers for the brain. The VA currently scans 500,000 scans a year on veterans and this framework established at Brigham and Women s Hopsital estimates an efficient mapping across scanners despite differences in scanner parameters. The LIMBIC-CERN systems must be used for consistency in research results as key diagnostic categories in MRI brain health, such as detecting TBI-related damage in brain tracts across sites, instruments, body space, and time, correcting the 37 year absence of calibration in MRI. This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than July 16th, 12PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at contact@example.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.