$44M for soldiers & vets with brain injuries - 1 year

General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., Fairfax, Virginia
(HT0014-19-C-0004), has been awarded a $44,165,348 cost-plus-fixed-fee
contract to provide support to the Defense Health Agency's Defense and
Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC). The work includes support
promoting access to state-of-the-science care for service members,
veterans, and their families to prevent and mitigate the consequences
of traumatic brain injury (TBI). DVBIC supports a network of 21 sites
operating out of 16 military treatment facilities (MTFs) and five
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs). Specific
activities vary at each site and can include conducting clinical
research and conducting education and outreach activities and
assessing TBI injury data, while command and control exist within the
DVBIC Headquarters for continuity of services. The contract will be
performed at DVBIC HQ, Silver Spring, Maryland; MTFs at Fort Belvoir,
Virginia; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort
Campbell, Kentucky; Fort Carson, Colorado; Fort Drum, New York; Fort
Hood, Texas; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California;
Naval Medical Center San Diego, California; Walter Reed National
Military Medical Center, Maryland; San Antonio Military Medical
Center, Texas; U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force
Base, Florida; Landstuhl (Germany); Joint Bases Lewis-McChord,
Washington, and Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; and VAMCs in Palo Alto,
California; Tampa, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; San Antonio,
Texas; and Richmond, Virginia. The contract end date is Sept. 25,
2020. This contract includes a six-month base period with four
three-month option periods. Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance
funds in the amount of $14,336,163 are obligated on this award. This
was a sole-source acquisition. The Defense Health Agency, Falls
Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity.