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Release Date: 02/24/05 00:00:00
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: Donald Tighe, 202-282-8010
February 24, 2005
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology directorate has issued a Request for Information (PDF, 6 pages, 102 KB) concerning the management and operations (M&O) of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). Responses to the Request for Information will be considered as part of a broader ongoing management planning process for the NBACC facility.
The Request for Information will help Homeland Security’s Science and Technology directorate identify the level of interest from for-profit and non-profit or not-for-profit M&O contractors; gather information on the capabilities available for the effective management of the NBACC facility; and assess the strengths and weaknesses of the base of prospective contractors and potential teaming arrangements.
The NBACC facility will function as part of the National Interagency Biodefense Campus at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Other participants in the National Interagency Biodefense Campus include the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services. The Request for Information will be published on the web site of the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (www.usamraa.army.mil), under “News.” USAMRAA currently oversees other acquisition activities at Fort Detrick.
The NBACC facility, in accordance with the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the Homeland Security Presidential Directive “Biodefense for the 21st Century,” will provide the nation with essential biocontainment laboratory space for biological threat characterization and bioforensic research.
The programs conducted at NBACC expand America’s biological threat knowledge base, reduce public health consequences of biological attacks, and strengthen U.S. biomedical defenses. They do this by providing knowledge of infectious properties of biological agents, effectiveness of countermeasures, decontamination procedures, and forensics analyses to support policy makers and first responders in the development of policies, programs, and technologies.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate serves as the primary research and development arm of the Department, utilizing our nation’s scientific and technological resources to provide federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland.
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