# NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE -EARLY NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED EPIDEMICS (ESSENCE) SOFTWARE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE (O&M)-

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/pr85812

- Solicitation number: PR85812
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was June 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Contracting office: CDC Office of Acquisition Services (75D301)
- NAICS: 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- Place of performance: Laurel, Maryland
- County: Howard County (FIPS 24027). https://abierto.us/counties/howard-county-md-24027
- First posted: May 28, 2024
- Last posted: May 28, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3511fae7b10f42738917becad6a56af2/view

## Description

The required services are for a contract to John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to provide operations and maintenance duties along with the development, modernization, and enhancement (DME) responsibilities for the Electronic Surveillance System for the Early NOTIFICATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED EPIDEMICS (ESSENCE) application.

The tasks associated with O&M and the majority of those falling under the DME category will be sourced from the product and support backlog maintained in the Jira instance of the program. Jira is a proprietary product developed by Atlassian, utilized for bug tracking, issue tracking, and agile project management. This project provides enhancements, O&M support, updated training courses, updates end-user documentation tools for ESSENCE to ensure that jurisdictions can use ESSENCE effectively.

## Publications

- May 28, 2024: Special notice, due June 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice 3511fae7b10f42738917becad6a56af2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3511fae7b10f42738917becad6a56af2/view

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