# SAM #36C24126P0719_1
Award for HOBSCOTCH Program Services for Veterans with Epilepsy at VA Jamaica Plain Medical Center
**Buyer:** Department of Veterans Affairs
**Posted:** September 23, 2026
**Identifier:** 36C24126P0719_1
**NAICS:** 611430, 621399, 624310, 621330
This award notice covers a sole-source contract for the HOBSCOTCH Program Services at the VA Jamaica Plain Medical Center, delivered by The Hitchcock Foundation (Dartmouth Health).
- Sole-source award to The Hitchcock Foundation (Dartmouth Health) for the official HOBSCOTCH program
- Program targets cognitive issues related to epilepsy in Veterans
- Includes delivery of eight-session cognitive coaching intervention for up to 300 Veterans
- Services delivered virtually or by telephone
- Training and certification of up to 20 VA clinicians as HOBSCOTCH Cognitive Coaches
- Live, interactive curriculum and supervised skill practice
- Provision of official copyrighted materials for both Veterans and VA clinicians
- 300 material sets for Veterans, 105 sets for VA clinicians
- Program fidelity oversight, evaluation, and standardized reporting included
- Estimated 480 hours for administration, technical assistance, and support
- Contract period: 12-month base year with four 12-month option years (up to five years total)
- Sole-source justification provided; no competition
- No competing OEMs or alternative providers identified due to proprietary nature of HOBSCOTCH
### Description
This is a Justification & Approval notice synopsizing a contract award to satisfy the requirements of RFO FAR 5.3, RFO FAR 6.301, and VHAPG 813.106-3 Section 2, S03.
Any inquiries may contact the Contracting Officer via email at Tara.Dossiema@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
See attached document: SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION - HOBSCOTCH FINAL RED_Redacted.
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