SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT STATEMENT OF WORK Production of Regeneron Therapeutic in Support of National Emergency Response to Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) C.1 Scope: The Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), in support of Operation Warp Speed (OWS) and national emergency response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), requires the production of Regeneron therapeutic cocktail REGN10987 and REGN10933 (casirivimab and imdevimab) on a commercial item basis, up to 1,250,000 doses to treat members of the DoD and the general population infected with the SARS CoV-2 Virus. C.1.1 Background: The DHHS continuously monitors emerging infectious disease risk and prepares to respond to the threat of novel emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the United States. DHHS is responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus that was first detected in China, and which has now spread worldwide, including in the United States. The virus has been named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes has been named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (abbreviated COVID-19). On January 30, 2020, the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). On January 31, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) for the United States to aid the nations healthcare community in responding to COVID-19. On March 11, WHO publicly characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. On March 13, the President of the United States declared the COVID-19 outbreak a national emergency. In July 2020, the DoD awarded an Other Transaction Agreement under the authority of 10 USC 2371b to Regeneron to manufacture and sell drug product to the Government, and to distribute such drug product for the Government in the U.S. These manufacturing production activities included manufacturing at-scale, filling and finishing, and storage and shipping of REGN10987 and REGN10933 as a therapeutic cocktail to treat COVID-19 infected patients. On November 21, 2020, Regeneron announced that the antibody cocktail casirivimab and imdevimab administered together, has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). As part of DHHS preparedness and response activities, DHHS seeks to purchase up to 1,250,000 doses of the EUA authorized (or Biologics License Application (BLA) approved) casirivimab and imdevimab therapeutic, enough to treat much of the targeted US population currently or projected to be infected over the coming months. C.2 Objectives and Quantity: The contractor shall produce up to 1,250,000 doses of therapeutic, and the Government will purchase all such doses available in Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) by the applicable date set forth below: No Later Than (NLT) June 30, 2021. The Government will consider extending the time for delivery to NLT September 30, 2021, if the contractor is unable to complete delivery to VMI by June 30, 2021, after making a good faith effort to do so. However, prior to any extension to the delivery schedule, the contractor shall coordinate with the Government to determine an appropriate path forward, aligning with Government needs. The contractor shall comply with the procedures of FAR 52.212-4(f), Excusable Delays. C.3 Requirements: C.3.1 Therapeutic: The contractor shall distribute the product to Government designated sites as directed by the Government, EUA authorized finished drug product in vials in accordance with the products storage and handling requirements in the EUA, including temperature controls. This shall include storage and distribution activities. Regeneron will engage one or more third party service providers (each a Distributor) to perform storage and distribution activities for drug product at the direction of the Government. The Government will be solely responsible for all allocation determinations related to drug product, including allocation to end users and communication of such allocation determinations to the Distributor. Unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by the parties, drug product shall be shipped to the Government or distributed, as applicable, solely within the United States (including its territories and possessions). The contractor shall [* * *], until the product is distributed to the end user (e.g., the hospital, infusion center or other end-user). To the extent that Regeneron is responsible for the correction, repair or replacement of Government property held in vendor-managed inventory or in distribution and in the possession of the Distributor, [* * *] the Government [* * *] of such property. The parties will coordinate ordering through centralized distribution via the established Memorandum of Understanding between Regeneron, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), and AmerisourceBergen. Storage and distribution activities under the EUA shall be supported under this agreement through the end of the period of performance. The Government will make every effort to ensure appropriate utilization of Government purchased product based on clinical need. Prior to the anticipated time of FDA approval of a Biologics License Application (BLA) for REGEN-COV, the parties will plan and coordinate to ensure efficient and effective distribution of commercial and non-commercial product. C.3.2 Product Development Manufacturing Reports and Projections: Regeneron will provide manufacturing reports and manufacturing dose tracking projections/actuals, in the format and having the content mutually agreed upon by the Government and Regeneron. Regeneron will update the reports [* * *] during manufacturing campaigns and upon manufacturing deliverable submission during COVID-19 response operations (where a Public Health Emergency has been declared), with the first deliverable submission within [* * *] of award. For clarity, the reports described in this section apply to Formulated Drug Substance and Drug Product prior to delivery and acceptance by the Government. Tracking reports for product following delivery and acceptance, shall be set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding between Regeneron, ASPR, and AmerisourceBergen. |
