Notice2025-18825
Single Source Cooperative Agreement to the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center
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Published
September 29, 2025
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Health and Human Services DepartmentStrategic Preparedness and Response Administration
Abstract
ASPR intends to provide a five-year single-source Cooperative Agreement (CoAg) to the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC). The CoAg will enable NETEC to continue to lead special pathogen preparedness and response for currently active or emergent High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) threats. The total proposed cost of the single-source CoAg is $7,730,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Supporting collaboration between the U.S. Public Health Service and public and private community health programs and agencies to respond to health emergencies is an authority provided to HHS under section 311(c) of the Public Health Service Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 186 (Monday, September 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46614-46615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18825]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response
Single Source Cooperative Agreement to the National Emerging
Special Pathogens Training and Education Center
AGENCY: Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR),
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: ASPR intends to provide a five-year single-source Cooperative
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Agreement (CoAg) to the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training
and Education Center (NETEC). The CoAg will enable NETEC to continue to
lead special pathogen preparedness and response for currently active or
emergent High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) threats. The total
proposed cost of the single-source CoAg is $7,730,000 for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2025. Supporting collaboration between the U.S. Public Health
Service and public and private community health programs and agencies
to respond to health emergencies is an authority provided to HHS under
section 311(c) of the Public Health Service Act.
DATES: The five-year period of performance is from September 30, 2025,
through September 29, 2030. The FY 2025 budget period is September 30,
2025, through September 29, 2026. FY 2025 award amount: $7,730,000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Hannah; Director, Office of
Health Care Readiness, (202) 245-0722; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d09ab5bebeb9b6b5a2fe98b1bebeb1b890b8b8a3feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c76595252555a594e12745d52525d547c54544f125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Health Care Readiness (OHCR)
is the program office for this CoAg.
Single Source Justification
This National Special Pathogen System (NSPS) is a national, tiered
system-of-care--similar to the National Trauma Care System--with four
facility levels that have increasing capabilities to care for patients
that have suspected or confirmed HCIDs. NETEC is a consortium
consisting of Emory University, the Nebraska Medicine/University of
Nebraska Medical Center, and the New York City (NYC) Health +
Hospitals/Bellevue. Congressionally designated as the NSPS Coordinating
Body, NETEC has served as a special pathogen response advisor to ASPR
and the United States Government for over a decade. In this role, NETEC
leads 13 Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers
(RESPTCs), or Level 1 facilities, to act as regional hubs for special
pathogen readiness in the United States (U.S.). NETEC is the architect
of the NSPS System of Care Strategy and implementation plan and has
brokered relationships with hundreds of health care partners across the
U.S. and globally to advance special pathogen preparedness and response
capabilities. Due to the complexity and scale of this role, the level
of technical and clinical subject matter expertise needed, and the
unique capabilities required, NETEC is the only entity that can serve
in this role.
During recent outbreaks including avian influenza, Argentine and
Bolivian Hemorrhagic Fever, and Nipah Virus, NETEC provided training
materials, situational awareness, technical assistance, and
recommendations on patient care to relevant health care entities,
enabling high-quality, lifesaving special pathogen care for patients.
NETEC directly supports state-level capabilities for special pathogen
readiness, partnering with state public health departments and
providing consultative services to help strengthen private and public
sector health care partners. In FY 2024 alone, NETEC addressed 74
requests for consultation and provided targeted support services to
entities like the South Dakota Department of Public Health, which
worked with NETEC to revise their concept of operations for responding
to HCID threats and facilitating cross-jurisdictional exercises with
neighboring states in the region. This award will enable NETEC to build
on these capabilities and strengthen the NSPS to build resilience
against HCID threats, including avian influenza.
The timing of this award requires a single-source of funding for
NETEC, as this award is intended to enable NETEC to continue to lead
special pathogen preparedness and response for currently active or
emergent HCID threats. The NSPS serves a critical role in streamlining
special pathogen preparedness and response, ultimately saving patient
lives and avoiding preventable outbreaks. For example, when a patient
in Iowa was diagnosed with Lassa Fever, all components of the NSPS
quickly activated to prevent a potential outbreak in the U.S. NETEC
coordinated with five health care facilities, including RESPTCs, for a
timely and effective response, including managing infection control,
preventing secondary transmission among 180 close contacts, and
maintaining situational awareness across all response partners. This
rapid and coordinated response resulted in zero additional infections.
An interruption or delay will disrupt NETEC's ability to carry out
critical activities needed to prevent and mitigate HCID threats.
Through this award, ASPR will collaborate with NETEC to continue to
build capabilities and capacity to protect the health of the nation,
mitigate impacts of current and emerging HCIDs, and save lives.
John Knox,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration for Strategic
Preparedness and Response.
[FR Doc. 2025-18825 Filed 9-26-25; 8:45 am]
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