Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is pleased to announce its role as a subcontractor to General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) in support of a new Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) task order focused on patient safety and compliance for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).

The OPTN Patient Safety and Compliance Task Order will provide up to one year of support and has a total award value of $8.6 million. The award establishes dedicated contractor support for critical patient safety, compliance, and membership functions within the OPTN.
The work represents an important milestone in HRSA’s ongoing effort to modernize the nation’s organ donation, procurement, and transplantation system. For more than 35 years, the OPTN operated through a single national contract. HRSA is now implementing a competitive, multi-vendor model designed to bring specialized expertise to distinct service areas, strengthen federal oversight, increase transparency, and improve accountability across the system. As part of the GDIT-led team, Arbor Research will support continuity and stability of essential OPTN patient safety and membership compliance operations, while contributing to the evolution of the OPTN operational model. The task order will also support more structured and transparent processes, including standardized procedures, tracking tools, dashboards, and regular reporting to provide clearer visibility into system performance and decision-making.

Our work will emphasize data and trend analysis to identify patterns across cases, members (transplant hospitals, organ procurement organizations, histocompatibility laboratories), and systems. It will also support more proactive safety oversight through real-time case intake, rapid triage, and continuous monitoring intended to identify and respond to risks earlier.

This award extends Arbor Research’s work under HRSA’s OPTN Modernization Initiative. which focused on mapping and developed reengineered solutions to patient safety and policy compliance systems and processes that support network oversight. “Arbor Research is proud to support GDIT and HRSA in this important work,” said Christopher Spera, President and CEO of Arbor Research. “Making better use of data and strengthening oversight can help identify risks sooner and improve the system for the patients, families, and transplant professionals who rely on it every day.”
HRSA’s modernization effort is designed to improve patient safety, increase transparency, strengthen fairness, enhance resilience, support innovation, and build public trust in a national system that serves patients, families, clinicians, organ procurement organizations, and transplant professionals across the country. Arbor Research is proud to bring its health research, data analysis, and policy expertise to this important work and to support GDIT and HRSA as they advance a more modern, transparent, and patient-centered OPTN.

About Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is a mission-driven organization that advances health innovation through research, data, and evidence. Arbor Research’s work helps shape policy, transform care delivery, and improve patient outcomes. Learn more about HRSA’s OPTN modernization initiative.