The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Asst Secretary for Preparedness and Response has a requirement for HCORE Professional Technical and Medical Support Services.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) is a public health preparedness and emergency response organization in the Office of the Secretary at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. ASPR was created under the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to lead the nation in preventing, preparing for, and responding to the adverse health effects of public health emergencies and disasters.

The wide scope of ASPR’s mission requires professional staffing services across program and functional mission areas to include: Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear Threat Response, Advanced Research and Development, Regulatory Affairs, Modeling, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Management/Response, Logistics Management, Acquisitions/Contracts Management, Policy and Planning, Financial Management Planning and Analysis, Operations and Administrative Management (Travel/IT/Facilities/etc.), Strategic Staffing & Employee Development, Ethics, Public Health Communications and Strategic Stakeholder Engagement.

There is currently a high demand for contractor resources in multiple labor categories that support the ASPR mission, which cannot easily be met through the conventional (or direct) hiring process; therefore, commercial resources are sought to support immediate support requirements across multiple disciplines. The ASPR mission will be critically compromised without the ability to recruit and retain needed support services to maintain ASPR’s mission to protect Americans and save lives.

• Advanced Research and Development for Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear (CBRN) Threats, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Pandemic Influenza
  • Regulatory and Quality Affairs
  • Clinical Studies
  • Scientific/Medical Data Modeling
  • Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Management Support
  • Biomedical Business Planning and Strategy
• Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA)
  • General
  • Portfolio, Program, and Project Management
  •  Analyst d. Engineering
  • Manufacturing f. Information Technology
  • Business Development/Capture
  • Logistics
  • Regulatory and Quality Affairs/Assurance
• Logistics Planning, Management, and Support
  • Biomedical Product and Supply Maintenance
• Acquisitions, Contracts, Grants Management, Auditing and General Procurement Support
  • Other Transaction Authority
  • Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)
• Public Health Emergency Response Planning and Requirements Development
•  Domestic and International Public Health Policy and Research
• Security Operations Management and Intelligence
• External Affairs:
  • Communications, Social Media, Conference/Events, and Public Relations
  • Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response Communications
  • Conference and event planning and execution
  • Strategic Stakeholder Engagement (Legislatures/States/Local USG/Industry/Inter and Intra-Agency)
  • Section 508 Compliance training and remediation
  • American Sign Language Interpretation
• Federal Financial/Budget Management, Planning, and Data Analysis
• Federal Travel Coordination and Management
• USG Facilities, Budget, Planning, Management, Closeout/Transfer, and Analysis
• Information Technology (IT): (at local and enterprise level)
  • a. Information Management (Data Coordination/Visualization)
  • Software, web, and system development, deployment, and maintenance
  • Hardware acquisition, installation, deployment, and maintenance
  • Cloud planning, migration, deployment, and maintenance
  • Cyber and System Security
  • Help Desk
  • Systems Training
• . Federal Human Capital Management
  • Talent Management
  • Strategic Federal Staffing for Recruitment and Retention
  • Employee Development
  • Training Programs Development and Execution
• Project, Program, and Portfolio Management
•  Industry Engagement:
  • Business Development (BD)
  • Public Relations
  •  Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) and Risk Management
• Continuity of Operations
• Subject Matter Experts (SME’s)
  • General
  • Public Health Preparedness, Response, and Recovery