B524--Intent to Sole Source - Best Approximating Models (BAM) Caus VHA Office of Academic Affiliations

The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a contractor to 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. The contractor will need to have the data and analytic skills and experience in applying causal modeling in health professions education, as well as developed and tested software to compute the 12-step Best Approximating Models technology. The period of performance shall be for one base year following the date of award, not to exceed 12 months. • The contractor will need to 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. • The contractor will need to have a substantial peer-reviewed scientific publication record in applying causal modeling in health professions education. • The contractor will need to have developed and tested software to compute the 12-step Best Approximating Models technology.