The Navy intends to negotiate and award a firm-fixed-price sole-source contract to Columbia University for a 10-day in-person training event on the Virome-Capture-Sequencing platform for Vertebrate viruses (VCS-VERT) workflow. The training will be held at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in Accra, Ghana, for personnel permanently stationed at the NAMRU EURAFCENT partner laboratory. Its purpose is to establish a highly sensitive, agnostic vertebrate viral discovery and full-genome characterization capability in support of health protection for forward-deployed forces. Interested companies may submit a written capability statement to be considered for a possible future competitive procurement. A determination not to compete this requirement is solely at the U.S. Government’s discretion.

The Department of the Navy intends to negotiate and award a firm-fixed-price, sole-source contract to Columbia University for a 10-day in-person training event on the Virome-Capture-Sequencing platform for vertebrate viruses (VCS-VERT). The training will be performed at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in Accra, Ghana, supporting personnel permanently stationed at the NAMRU EURAFCENT host-nation partner laboratory. The requirement aims to establish an agnostic vertebrate viral discovery and full-genome characterization capability for health protection of forward-deployed forces. Interested companies may submit a written capability statement for consideration in a possible future competitive procurement, with contact information provided in the notice. No budget amount is specified.