Justification
SSJ-TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND COORDINATION SUPPORT TO THE INTEGRATED CONSORTIUM OF LABORATORY NETWORKS
FY26-0213
Office of Procurement Operations, Departmental Operations Acquisition Division III. Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology).
Awarded
Association of Public Health Laboratories, Inc. (The)
$400,000.00 obligated so far on USAspending, September 23, 2026, contract 70RDA326P00000005
Description
As published on SAM.gov.
DHS has awarded a sole-source purchase order to the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in accordance with RFO FAR Subpart 6.103-1, entitled “Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.”
This DHS award is to provide programmatic, technical, and coordination support to the ICLN. Under this
contract (purchase order), the Contractor will support DHS and the ICLN in the following:
1. Engaging public health laboratories in ICLN exercises, planning, and emergency response
coordination;
2. Identifying and providing subject matter expertise to shape ICLN methods, logistics, and quality
assurance activities;
3. Supporting information sharing and communication between ICLN leadership, federal agencies, and
public health laboratories; and
4. Enhancing understanding of laboratory capacity and surge capabilities across public health
laboratories relevant to ICLN missions.
See the attached justification for more details.
Attachments
Files listed on SAM.gov. The ones we hold a copy of download from here; the rest open SAM's download, which needs no account.
- FY26-0213 JA-Other Than Full and Open Comp_ICLN Program_ROHS-26-00060_FINAL_Redacted.pdf309 KB, September 24, 2026
The contract, on USAspending
Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.
- UEI
- FHAWFVPAM5Z4
- CAGE
- 1HUB8
- Vendor location
- Bethesda, MD
- Contract
- 70RDA326P00000005, purchase order
- Obligated
- $400,000.00, potential $2,166,528
- Actions
- 1 between September 23, 2026 and September 23, 2026
- Competition
- Not Competed, 1 offer received
- Set-aside reported
- No Set Aside Used.
- Described as
- Purchase Order for Technical Expertise and Coordination Support to the Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks (Icln) for DHS Office of Health Security
- Match
- award number 70RDA326P00000005 equals the contract number; same awarding office 70RDA3 (high confidence)
- Record
- USAspending award page
Publications
Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.
September 24, 2026
Justification
SAM.gov, notice 47712c3ce47441a09b36b7cc62361291
1 revisions on SAM
- September 24, 2026: publish, justification
Points of contact
- Evelyn Deanevelyn.dean@hq.dhs.gov