SAM #FY26-0237

Temporary sole-source NBIC advisory and assistance services task order to Noblis

DHS is seeking a temporary, sole-source task order to keep National Biosurveillance Information Center operations running while a competitive procurement is planned for FY27. - Requirement: Advisory and assistance services for DHS’s Office of Health Security, Health, Food, and Agriculture Resilience Directorate, and National Biosurveillance Information Center. - Work includes administrative, programmatic, systems engineering, research analysis, and scientific support. - Contract approach: Firm-fixed-price task order to Noblis, Inc. under its existing GSA OASIS+ contract. - The justification cites urgency and continuity needs, stating that a fair-opportunity process would cause unacceptable delays. - Duration: Temporary action not intended to exceed 12 months. Exact start and end dates are not stated; a competitive procurement is planned for FY27. - Items and value: No products, quantities, part numbers, or contract value are provided.

Description

This requirement is to procure Advisory and Assistance Services for the DHS Office of Health Security (OHS) Health, Food, and Agriculture Resilience Directorate (HFARD), National Biosurveillance Information Center (NBIC). OHS has an immediate need for  administrative, programmatic, systems engineering, research analysis, and scientific support services. These  commercial services will be procured on a firm fixed priced basis under General Services Administration (GSA) OASIS+, Unrestricted, Management & Advisory Domain, Contract-Category 60107 (NAICS 541690 - Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services).

The National Biosurveillance Information Center (NBIC) is established by 6 U.S. Code § 195b(d)(2) under the Department of Homeland Security. NBIC is primarily supported via contractor support personnel via an Advisory and Assistance (A&AS) task order and will be unable to execute their statutory mission to detect biological events of national concern early without these services. Therefore, the selected authority for this procurement is RFO FAR 16.507-6(b)(1): The agency need for the supplies or services is so urgent that providing a fair opportunity would result in unacceptable delays.

This Justification notice includes J&A FY26-037 and Addendum 1 to correct the estimated total value and to correct the statuory authority to RFO FAR 16.507-6(b)(1) "The agency need for the suppliers or services is so urgent that providing a fair opportunity would result in unacceptabl delays" and not RFO Subpart 6.103-2 "Unsual and compelling urgency".

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