S203--Geriatric Out of Hospital Home Meal Delivery Service Trial for a Clinical Study on Heart Failure.

Pre-Solicitation Notice to solicit for a vendor to provide a home delivery meal service to ship nutritionally restricted meals to Veterans homes shipping three (3) meals per day for six weeks. The purpose of this multi-center clinical trial is to study the efficacy and safety of providing nutritional support shortly after discharge compared to the study-defined standard of care alone. The study-provided meals will follow a sodium-restricted Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) eating pattern, which has been associated with lower heart failure (HF) incidence and greater survival in patients with HF. The vendor shall deliver meals .... Read More