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Intent to Sole Source Best Approximating Models Tender - 136724624

The VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF has issued a Tender notice for the procurement of a Intent to Sole Source Best Approximating Models Bam Caus Vha Office of Academic Affiliations in the USA. This Tender notice was published on 27 Feb 2026 and is scheduled to close on 16 Mar 2026, with an estimated Tender value of Refer Document. Interested bidders can access detailed Tender information, eligibility criteria, and complete bidding documents by referencing TOT Ref No. 136724624, while the tender notice number is 36C24526Q0323 and Registering on the platform.

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Intent to Sole Source Best Approximating Models Bam Caus Vha Office of Academic Affiliations

Deadline: 16 Mar 2026

Posting Date: 27 Feb 2026

Other Information

Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 136724624

Document Ref. No.: 36C24526Q0323

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Tender Details

This intent to sole source announcement is posted in accordance with FAR 5.2Â - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions.
Background
Compute Best Approximating Models (BAM) estimates of causal associations between the presence of health professions trainees and clinical workload produced in VA teaching care settings. Such associations are necessary for Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) to compute health professions trainees contribution to workload required to compute academic performance metrics needed to determine VA s performance in its education mission.
Unique Qualifications
Professor Steven Henley of Martingale Research Corporation is the only entity: (1) with the data and analytic skills and experience, as evidenced by a substantial peer reviewed scientific publication record, in applying causal modeling in health professions education and (2) has developed and tested software to compute the 12-step Best Approximating Models technology as evidenced by being a National Institute of Health s Small Business Innovation Research program awardee, who can efficiently within the limited budget amount and within the six-month time frame specify, estimate, and assess the statistical performance of four models needed to estimate physician residents/fellows contributed outpatient care workload by program specialty from de-identified VA CDW files.
Office of Academic Affiliations certifies that Professor Steven Henley of Martingale Research Corporation is the sole source expert for computing Best Approximating Modeling in Health Professional Education.
Award information -
Solicitation No. 36C24526Q0323 will be presented to the contractor in accordance with the sole source authority at FAR 6.302-1 as a firm-fixed-price contract. The Government anticipates the solicitation response and Independent Cost Estimate to be comparable with the follow-on contract to justify fair and reasonable pricing. The period of performance shall be for one base year f...
Notice ID: 36c24526q0323

Department/Ind. Agency: veterans affairs, department of

Sub-tier: veterans affairs, department of

Office: 245-network contract office 5 (36c245)

Product Service Code: b524 - special studies/analysis- mathematical/statistical

NAICS Code: 518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

Inactive Dates: apr 15, 2026

Inactive Policy: manual

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