The Pentagon’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has selected five firms to compete for task orders for up to 10 years under the Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contracts (BTRIC) program. So far just one company, Black & Veatch has received a task order, in this case $175.3 million for an initial five-year period to include options. The other selectees are a team comprised of URS Corp. [URS], Bechtel Corp., CH2M Hill, and AECOM Government Services. Each company is guaranteed $500,000 during the fist five years of the contract under federal contracting regulations. The ordering period covers a five-year base period and one five-year option. Under its task order, Black & Veatch will design, engineer and deploy systems, processes and technologies to strengthen bio-safety and bio-security measures in Ukraine. The task order also includes enhancing the Ukraine’s existing network of human and veterinary diagnostic laboratories that handle especially dangerous pathogens, in addition to constructing a secure and permanent repository for pathogens.
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