# Research Services Reports Comparing Hip Prosthesis Device Development

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24e25q0049

- Solicitation number: 36C24E25Q0049
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to Medical Device Development
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: Rpo East (36C24E)
- NAICS: 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Product or service code: AN11 Health R&D Services; Health Care Services; Basic Research
- County: San Francisco County (FIPS 06075). https://abierto.us/counties/san-francisco-county-ca-06075
- City: San Francisco. https://abierto.us/cities/san-francisco-ca-0667000
- First posted: July 10, 2025
- Last posted: July 10, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/420e8db76e424973915c6294f536367c/view

## Description

Pre-Solicitation Notice for notice of intent to award a sole source contract. This is not a solicitation. The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate a sole source firm fixed price purchase order for a three-month period with Medical Device Development, 2390 Mission St., Suite 8, San Francisco, CA 94110, to support the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) research office.

This requirement is for Medical Device Development, a small business, to provide an evaluation and reports comparing the subject and predicate prostheses in laboratory tests, using synthetic bones ( sawbones ) and human cadaveric bones for the San Francisco VA Healthcare System, research department. The FDA requires the evaluation of the predicate and subject prostheses in both a synthetic bone model and in human cadaveric bones before allowing clinical use of the subject prostheses.

Medical Device Development was awarded the previous contract for evaluation of the predicate and subject prostheses in human cadaveric bones using competitive procedures. This requirement is a continuation of the previous contract and part of a larger research project. To maintain continuity in this project, the recommendation is to sole source this three-month requirement to Medical Device Development.

Contracting out to a different source will delay the project and lead to discordant outcomes between the results for synthetic bones and human cadaveric bones. Since the intent is to procure this on a sole source basis, no solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov (Contract Opportunities). The applicable NAICS code is 541720 with a $28MIL standard. The PSC is AN11. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only One Responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Interested persons may contact the Contracting Officer via email at annmarie.stewart@va.gov regarding this procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Medical Device Development (UEI R7NNFEU4P981)
- Contract: 36C24E25P0038, purchase order
- Obligated: $65,000.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 36C24E25Q0049 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C24E (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24E25P0038_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- July 10, 2025: Special notice, due July 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 420e8db76e424973915c6294f536367c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/420e8db76e424973915c6294f536367c/view

## Points of contact

- Ann Marie Stewart, Contracting Officer, annmarie.stewart@va.gov, 401-919-0878

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