“The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) recently selected global consulting and digital services provider ICF (NASDAQ:ICFI) for a new task order to provide infectious disease detection and surveillance support to affected lower and middle income countries worldwide.”
“The task order was awarded by the Bureau for Global Health, Office of Infectious Disease under the U.S. General Services Administration’s OASIS (One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. It has a ceiling value of $120 million and a term of five years including one base year and four option years.”
“ICF will provide direct implementation support services and capacity building assistance to countries to develop or improve their national diagnostic networks, laboratory systems and surveillance mechanisms so they are better able to detect and monitor the ever-growing number of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. As demonstrated by recent outbreaks of Ebola and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, these diseases can have a devastating impact on populations and quickly cross geographical borders…” Read the full press release here.
Source: ICF awarded $120M USAID Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance Project – By Lauren Dyke, July 30, 2018. ICF.
