OMAN-BASED MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE

The U.S. Navy’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division, through its Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) Branch, seeks a contractor to conduct mosquito surveillance in the Sultanate of Oman. The effort focuses on assessing insecticide‑resistance status of local mosquito species, supporting pathogen detection, and providing sentinel surveillance data. The work will be performed by the Vector Biology Research Program of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit EURAFCENT (NAMRU‑EAC) and will be coordinated with the Oman Ministry of Health and the CDC. • Primary objective: Determine insecticide resistance profiles of mosquito vectors in Oman. • Secondary objective: Collect and test mosquito specimens for pathogens of public‑health relevance. • Deliverables likely include laboratory analysis reports, resistance maps, and recommendations for vector‑control strategies. • Work will be conducted on‑site in Oman, possibly requiring field sampling, laboratory processing, and data sharing with Omani health authorities. • The solicitation is a sole‑source award to the CDC/Ministry of Health partnership, indicating a highly specialized, government‑to‑government collaboration.