Florida Army National Guard has a public responsibility to comply with the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
guidance to prevent further spread of COVID-19. They are also required to comply with
Department of Defense and U.S. Army Europe guidance to implement plans to ensure
compliance with directed force health protection measures throughout the area of
operations in order to prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 within U.S. personnel (service
members, civilians, contractors, and dependents) or confine it to as small a population
as possible. In order to comply and put protective measures in place, FLARNG has an
urgent need for emergency Meal services. These services are required in order to
protect the public from the spread of (or isolate people infected with) COVID-19. Every
day that passes confirmed COVID-19 cases spike and the death toll increases. It is
imperative that these services are obtained as quickly as possible to protect public
health. The U.S. Government cannot apply standard procurement times to an acquisition
of this urgent nature. Even the short time-lines of 30-60 days to award, could
result in hundreds of thousands more being infected or dying.