Foreign Animal Disease SMEs 2017-2022

USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Veterinary Services established a Master IDIQ for foreign animal disease subject-matter expert instructional training on April 5, 2017, with ordering authority that closed on February 28, 2022—the vehicle is no longer active. This is a low-value, highly concentrated training vehicle serving a single customer with a combined potential value of $26 thousand across nine task orders, all of which have been obligated.

Three individual contractors competed for work: Jeffrey R. Hayes captured six orders totaling $15 thousand in combined potential value, Alfonso Torres earned two orders worth $8 thousand, and Richard Alan French secured one order for $3 thousand. The vehicle saw modest ordering momentum early in its lifecycle, with two orders in 2017, two in 2018, four in 2019, and one in 2020; the most recent task order was awarded January 27, 2020. Eight of nine orders carried no set-aside designation, with one small-business set-aside order placed at vehicle inception. All nine task orders funded USDA APHIS Veterinary Services.

Awarded task orders predominantly centered on the Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician (FADD) course and related training held at Plum Island, New York, with individual delivery order ceilings ranging from $1,280 to $5,670 and firm fixed pricing. Course delivery periods spanned multiple days, with courses typically scheduled for June or extending across multiple calendar weeks. The vehicle operated as a named-contractor arrangement structured around individual subject-matter experts rather than as an open competition for firms.

Given the February 2022 ordering cutoff, this vehicle is appropriate only for historical reference, teaming arrangements with a prior awardee, or analysis of USDA training procurement patterns. No new orders may be placed against this vehicle.

The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) and International Services (IS) seeks foreign animal disease subject matter experts to provide instructional training at various conferences throughout each year.