R -- Rapid Deployment Teams

The Food and Drug Administration intends to award a contract on a sole source basis to: University of California - Western Institute of Food Safety and Security (WIFSS) under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. WIFSS will be consultants to the FDA as the agency works with district and state authorities to develop and train rapid deployment teams in the event of a food outbreak emergency. These rapid deployment teams will be modeled after the emergency team developed by the FDA district offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles and the California Department of Health Services - Food and Drug Branch. Essential to the successful performance of this effort is previous experience in the development of emergency teams, creating and administering training exercises and developing mechanisms to elicit and evaluate feedback on team progress. This notice is issued for information purposes and is not a request for competitive proposals. The NAICS code is 541618. Any interested party should submit a statement of capabilities in sufficient detail to determine if the requirements of this synopsis can be met, no later than 15 days from the date of this announcement. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based on responses from this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this notice must be sent via e-mail to janet.herman@fda.hhs.gov. No phone calls will be accepted.