SRA Awarded $25 Million Contract by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
November 17 2008 - 4:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company Providing Laboratory Support Services for Select Agent
Program FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA
International, Inc. (NYSE:SRX), a leading provider of technology
and strategic consulting services and solutions to government
organizations and commercial clients, today announced it has won a
contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Division of Select Agents and Toxins to provide laboratory support
services to the Select Agent Program. Awarded in September, the
contract is a re-compete of work the company has supported since
2002 through the acquisition of Constella Group. It has an
estimated value of $24.9 million over five years, if all options
are exercised. Under the contract, SRA will continue to help CDC
track the possession, use and transfer of select agents in the U.S.
(Select agents are biological agents and toxins that have the
potential to pose a threat to public health and safety if released
into the environment.) The company's work includes registering and
inspecting facilities that use, store or transport select agents;
certifying that proper biosafety and biosecurity measures are in
place in the laboratories; processing select agent transfer
requests; tracking all shipments of select agents between
registered facilities; and assisting CDC with administering the
Etiologic Agent Import Permit Program, which helps control the
import of agents or vectors of human disease into the U.S. Under
the new contract, SRA will increase its support for CDC and also
manage and control all records and data associated with the Select
Agent Program. "The Select Agent Program is key to ensuring the
safety and security of the registered select-agent facilities, the
staff who work with those agents and the general public, " said
Wayne Myers, director of Public Health Informatics - the SRA
business unit that supports the Select Agent contract. "Our
laboratory inspectors have conducted more than 1,000 onsite
inspections over the past five years, and we look forward to
continuing to help CDC manage this critical emergency preparedness
program." About SRA International, Inc. SRA and its subsidiaries
are dedicated to solving complex problems of global significance
for government organizations serving the national security, civil
government and global health markets. Founded in 1978, the company
and its subsidiaries have expertise in such areas as air
surveillance and air traffic management; contract research
organization (CRO) services; cybersecurity; disaster response
planning; enterprise resource planning; environmental strategies;
IT systems, infrastructure and managed services; logistics; public
health preparedness; strategic management consulting; systems
engineering; and wireless integration. FORTUNE(R) magazine has
chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for nine
consecutive years. The company and its subsidiaries employ more
than 6,400 employees serving clients from headquarters in Fairfax,
Va., and offices around the world. For additional information on
SRA, please visit http://www.sra.com/. Any statements in this press
release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for SRA,
including statements about the estimated value of the contract and
work to be performed, and other statements containing the words
"estimates," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will,"
and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements
within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated
by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the
forward-looking statements included in this press release represent
our views as of November 17, 2008. We anticipate that subsequent
events and developments will cause our views to change. However,
while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at
some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation
to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied
upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to
November 17, 2008. DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT:
Sheila S. Blackwell, +1-703-227-8345, , or Jennifer Poore,
+1-919-313-7785, , both of SRA International, Inc. Web site:
http://www.sra.com/
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