Public Health Response Training and Exercise Program Support

Background
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Center for Preparedness and Response (CPR), with technical support from the responding Center, Institute, or Office (CIO), seeks to develop and execute Training and Exercise Programs (TEPs) to address CDC readiness to respond to scenario-specific public health threats and hazards.
Historically, CDC lacked a recurring scenario-specific incident management exercise program, resulting in gaps in preparedness; this contract aims to build and refine Incident Management System (IMS) teams and public health response capabilities through a series of thematic training and exercise activities targeting nuclear/radiological, pandemic, chemical, biological and other incidents.

Work Details
The contractor shall provide on-site technical support, consultation, and operational management to develop and execute a focused array of Training and Exercise Programs (TEPs).
Core tasks include:
• Task 1 (Base and Option Years): Develop a training and exercise program for the pilot scenario; plan, develop, and execute discussion-based events (seminars, workshops, tabletops) and operations-based exercises (drills, functional exercises) in accordance with HSEEP guidance. Implement SMART objectives; conduct exercise planning meetings; develop realistic scenarios, modules, injects, Master Scenario Events Lists (MSELs) and all necessary exercise documentation. Coordinate logistics, Simulation Cell (SIMCELL) duties, controllers, evaluators, and HHS ASPR coordination. Attend off-site meetings.
Subtasks 1.1: Provide expert consultant support to the PHRPP Program Manager; establish planning team; guide development and revision of operational plans and Programs of Instruction; support administrative and logistics functions; conduct in-progress reviews and advise leadership on program priorities.
Subtasks 1.2: Support development and execution of exercises; build cohesive exercise planning teams; create and coordinate exercise documents; conduct planning meetings and in-progress reviews; execute exercises; develop evaluation strategies; update CDC response plans.
Subtasks 1.3: Manage evaluation efforts; establish and lead evaluation team; identify gaps; develop evaluation criteria; schedule and conduct evaluation meetings; prepare After Action Reports and Improvement Plans.
• Task 2 (Optional): Provide additional controller and evaluator support for up to five eight-week sessions to finalize evaluation documentation; train and organize SME evaluators; collect observations; conduct hot washes; and consolidate inputs for initial After Action Report and Improvement Plan.
• Reporting: Submit monthly progress reports detailing status of tasks, deliverables, personnel, issues, and solutions. Provide informal weekly updates to the CPR Exercise Team Lead.
• Deliverables: Drills, seminars, and workshops; tabletops (2-4 hours each); multi-day functional or full-scale exercises; a TEP capstone culminating exercise; weekly reports; monthly and quarterly reports; After Action Reports and Improvement Plans.

Period of Performance
Base Period: 09/24/2022–09/23/2023; Option Year 1: 09/24/2023–09/23/2024; Option Year 2: 09/24/2024–09/23/2025; Option Year 3: 09/24/2025–09/23/2026; Option Year 4: 09/24/2026–09/23/2027 (total 60 months inclusive of all options).

Place of Performance
Primary on-site performance at a CDC facility in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Bidder Requirements
HubZone Small Business Set-Aside (HZC).