Summary
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) issued a Notice of Intent to sole source a contract award to the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) for technical and coordination support to the Integrated Consortium of Laboratory Networks (ICLN). The contemplated fixed-price contract will have a one-year base period plus four one-year option periods to support exercises, technical working groups, response planning, incident coordination, and information sharing among public health laboratories and federal partners. Interested parties are invited to submit capability statements to Evelyn Dean (evelyn.dean@hq.dhs.gov) by 3:00 p.m. Eastern on July 7, 2026, and the posting directs readers to the official SAM.gov opportunity for the primary notice and response instructions.