EIS Summer Training Course 2016
Added: Jun 03, 2016 10:01 am The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS), Office of Public Health Scientific Services (OPHSS) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract to Crestline Hotels and Resorts dba Emory Hotel and Conference Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1615 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30329. The contract is for sleeping rooms for out of town officers, meeting rooms and audio visual needs. This contract will be for 1 month.The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement.The Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Summer Course directly corresponds to the mission of CDC as an agency and more specifically, to the Division of Scientific Education and Professional Development (DSEPD) and the Epidemiology Workforce Branch (EWB). It is regarded as a priority event by the CDC Office of the Director.Annually, the EIS Summer Course provides the incoming EIS Class with a training of the basic skills necessary to begin the two-year training tough service in applied epidemiology. The information will provide a foundation to apply epidemiology successfully to a wide variety of public health issues during the next two years and beyond.The hotel has to be in close proximity to the main CDC campus and the Emory School of Public Health. Other hotels are not located in close proximity to the Emory School of Public Health where the program was able to obtain classrooms for the EIS Summer Course. Officers will have to access the campus multiple times during the Summer Course to perform various activities including: obtaining government-issued computer, obtaining CDC-badge and visiting the onsite clinic. The Emory Hotel and Conference Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the only venue that is in close proximity to the Emory School of Public Health and the CDC main campus and has space available. The NAICS code is 72110- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels with a size standard of $32.5M.No solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. We will only issue a solicitation to Crestline Hotels and Resorts dba Emory Hotel and Conference Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Crestline Hotels and Resorts dba Emory Hotel and Conference Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the only source available to provide this service that meets mission critical requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for proposal. A determination to compete this procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.Interested parties who believe they possess the capability to satisfy this requirement should submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet this requirement. All responses must be sent in writing to Ms. Genesika Carter via email to fkn7@cdc.gov using solicitation number 2016-Q-65177 in the subject line, no later than 12:00pm Eastern Time, June 17, 2016.Place of Contract Performance:Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNational Centers for Environmental HealthDivision of Laboratory Sciences4770 Buford HighwayChamblee, GA 30341 2016-Q-65177 Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Acquisition Services
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