# Research Core Services - Gut Microbiome in Gastro and Liver Disease - RICHMOND | EDA: 9/26/25

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24e25r0027

- Solicitation number: 36C24E25R0027
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Awarded to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 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: AJ11 General Science And Technology R&D Services; General Science And Technology; Basic Research
- County: City of Richmond (FIPS 51760). https://abierto.us/counties/city-of-richmond-va-51760
- City: Richmond. https://abierto.us/cities/richmond-va-5167000
- First posted: July 25, 2025
- Last posted: July 25, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a09a8aaffacb4d8d87d73a6c45d39f2c/view

## Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Virginia VA Health Care System, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302 3. FAR 6.302-3 allows sole source awards that establish or maintain essential research to be provided by an educational institution.

According to FAR 6.302 3(ii) states that a full and open competition need not to be provided when it is necessary to award the contract to a particular source or sources in order to establish or maintain an essential engineering, research, or development capability to be provided by an educational or other nonprofit institution or a federally funded research and development center.

This contract is for animal husbandry and animal research activities from the National Gnotobiotic Rodent Research Center (NGRRC) at the University of North Carolina in support of VA funded research study, BCCMA: Targeting Gut Microbiome in Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases in US Veterans;

**CMA4:** At the Crossroads of the Gut Microbiome, Cirrhosis, and PTSD. The VA requires expert research support to utilize the gnotobiotic microbiome rodent model and facilities. The NGRRC is a NIH sponsored center and educational institution that meets the criteria set forth under FAR 6.302-3.

This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than August 1st, 12PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.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.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UEI D3LHU66KBLD5)
- Contract: 36C24E25C0019, definitive contract
- Obligated: $72,668.00, current value $72,688
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 36C24E25R0027 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C24E (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24E25C0019_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- July 25, 2025: Special notice, due August 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice a09a8aaffacb4d8d87d73a6c45d39f2c. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a09a8aaffacb4d8d87d73a6c45d39f2c/view

## Points of contact

- Lynn M Portman, Contracting Officer, Lynn.Portman@va.gov, 412-822-3442

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