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DHS Awards Battelle $481 Million To Manage Biodefense Center

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

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DHS Awards Battelle $481 Million To Manage Biodefense Center

National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center in Fort Detrick, Md. Photo: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week awarded Battelle a potential 10-year, $480.6 million contract to continue managing the National Biodefense Analysis Countermeasures Center (NBACC), a federally funded research and development center that helps the nation defend against biological threats.Battelle’s subsidiary Battelle National Biodefense Institute (BNBI) in 2006 won the first contract to manage and operate the NBACC, which stood up that year.“BNBI’s new contract was awarded as the result of a highly competitive process,” Patrick Fitch, president of…

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