Defense Health Agency Boosting Health Surveillance Efforts
Cherokee Nation Technologies LLC, a native tribe, doing business as CNT, Catoosa, Oklahoma, is being awarded a $55,067,430 firm-fixed-price order. The order provides services to assist the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, the Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) Healthcare Operations Directorate Public Health Division Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch in its mission to conduct comprehensive health surveillance efforts for DOD. The scope of this award is to maintain established infrastructure and capabilities; respond to inquiries from DOD medical and health authorities; assist in analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating information regarding the status, trends, and determinants of the health and fitness of Armed Forces and other DOD approved target populations; and enable DOD health surveillance activities to strengthen its global infectious disease reduction efforts through: centralized coordination, improved preventive health programs and epidemiological capabilities, and enhanced involvement with DOD overseas laboratories.
CNT will provide on-site scientific, professional, and technical service support, including epidemiology and analysis support, global emerging infections surveillance support; integrated biosurveillance support; Army satellite support; and, Air Force mortality registry support. Work will be performed at the primary location in Silver Spring, Maryland, with some personnel will be located at DHA satellites at Aberdeen, Maryland; and Dayton, Ohio. The estimated completion date is March 2023. The period of performance is one year, with four option periods of one year each and an additional option to extend services up to six months. The contract was competitively solicited via the General Services Administration One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services Small Business Pool 1, with three quotations received. Funds in the amount of $9,866,790 were obligated. The type of appropriations are fiscal year 2018 operations and maintenance. The Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
