Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source - Johns Hopkins University

This action is a COVID-19 related requirement, and will result in a modification to CDC Contract 75D301-20-07643 to provide operational and analytic surge capacity associated with the National Syndromic Surveillance Program in support of COVID. Due to increased use of syndromic surveillance by states and CDC to monitor and respond to the outbreak, additional capacity is necessary to provide increased support for ESSENCE as part of the BioSense Platform. The resulting modification will increase the level of effort for this cost-type contract. The original contract was awarded in 2020 as a sole source award. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is the only entity capable of providing the needed support for ESSENCE. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is the only entity with access to the applications source code making them the only entity capable of providing the needed support for ESSENCE. See attached Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition attached for further details.