SAM #36C10B27Q0113

VA proposes sole-source SBIR Phase III grant-program advisory and implementation support

The Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing a sole-source SBIR Phase III contract for support of the SSG Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. - Agency and status - Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of Suicide Prevention; Technology Acquisition Center. - Proposed firm-fixed-price, sole-source SBIR Phase III action with LMI Consulting, LLC; pending final negotiations and not yet awarded. - Interested parties may respond by November 16, 2026. - Scope of work - Assess grantee capacity, implementation maturity, and program evaluability; develop assessments, improvement plans, recommendations, reassessments, and closed-loop tracking. - Provide human-centered discovery, stakeholder and advisory support, program management, reporting, and portfolio-level analysis and decision support. - Option-period work may add technical assistance and capacity building, strategic convening, tools and data improvements, VA staff and process support, and analytics. - Approach and requirements - Apply Magnify and the Human-Systems Integration/Human-Centered Design (HPA) framework developed under SBIR N092-150. - The draft PWS describes a 12-month base period and two 12-month option periods, with an allocation per period of four on-site visits and four strategic planning sessions. - No physical products, quantities, or product part numbers are specified. - Value - No contract value is stated; the range below is an independent estimate, not a government estimate.

Description

Based on the market research and In accordance with 115 U.S.C. 638(r)(1) states: In the case of a small business concern that is awarded a funding agreement for Phase II of an SBIR or STTR program, a Federal agency may enter into a Phase III agreement with that business concern for additional work to be performed during or after the Phase II period. Furthermore, 15 U.S.C. 638(r)(4) states: To the greatest extent practicable, Federal agencies and Federal prime Contractors shall issue, without further justification, Phase III awards relating to technology, including sole source awards, to the SBIR and STTR award recipients that developed the technology. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Technology Acquisition Center, proposes to enter into a sole source Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III Contract on a Firm Fixed Price basis with LMI CONSULTING, LLC, 7940 Jones Branch DR, Tysons Corner VA 22102 to provide operational advisory and implementation support for Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP), including program assessment, human-centered discovery, implementation-maturity analysis, evaluability support, grantee capacity-building and technical-assistance strategy, program-management support, process and data/tool improvement, and portfolio-level decision support. The Contractor shall apply Magnify and the underlying HPA framework developed under SBIR N092-150 throughout performance in support of VA Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Suicide Prevention. This decision is pending completion of final contract negotiations and does not constitute a contract at this time. Other interested parties may respond no later than November 16, 2026, 10:00AM ET. Please see attached DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS). Questions regarding this action may be directed to Contract Specialist, Angel Santos, at Angel.Santos2@va.gov, or Contracting Officer, Kendra Casebolt, at Kendra.Casebolt@va.gov.

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