Scalable Wastewater Surveillance for Routine and Emerging Infectious Disease Pathogens

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking a contractor to provide scalable wastewater surveillance for routine and emerging infectious disease pathogens. The contractor will be responsible for establishing service relationships with up to 500 public wastewater treatment facilities, collecting and shipping wastewater samples, and completing quantitative digital PCR-based testing for up to 25 infectious disease pathogen targets. The contractor will also be required to complete sequencing of a subset of samples and perform metagenomic sequencing. The contract will have a base period of 12 months and four 12-month option periods. Some key requirements of the contract include: * Establishing service relationships with up to 500 public wastewater treatment facilities * Collecting and shipping wastewater samples at a minimum of twice per week * Completing quantitative digital PCR-based testing for up to 25 infectious disease pathogen targets * Completing sequencing of a subset of samples * Performing metagenomic sequencing * Submitting data to CDC within 36 hours of sample receipt