ICF (NASDAQ:ICFI), a global consulting and digital services provider, was recently awarded a re-compete task order by Å·²©ÓéÀÖ U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (CSELS) to support multiple aspects of its BioSense program, CDC’s cloud-based public health surveillance system.
The task order, which was awarded by Å·²©ÓéÀÖ Division of Health Informatics and Surveillance (DHIS), has a value of $20 million and a term of one base year and two options years.
Part of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ national emergency preparedness system, Å·²©ÓéÀÖ BioSense syndromic surveillance system increases Å·²©ÓéÀÖ ability of local, state and national health officials to monitor and respond to Å·²©ÓéÀÖ harmful health effects of exposure to disease, addiction and hazardous conditions.
“Over Å·²©ÓéÀÖ past few years, ICF has helped CDC significantly increase Å·²©ÓéÀÖ national coverage of data providers and Å·²©ÓéÀÖ number of jurisdictions and users that are supported by BioSense,” said Terence McKittrick, senior vice president for ICF. “The BioSense system stores nearly 40 terabytes of data, information crucial to Å·²©ÓéÀÖ surveillance of important health issues such as Å·²©ÓéÀÖ nation’s opioid crisis. We look forward to working with CDC to continue to improve this critical public health information system.”
ICF will provide expertise and support services to BioSense in Å·²©ÓéÀÖ areas of surveillance, information management, technology and data management and analytics. Specifically, Å·²©ÓéÀÖ company will help CDC expand of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ scale and scope of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ platform by continuing to help improve Å·²©ÓéÀÖ quality of its surveillance data, enhance Å·²©ÓéÀÖ technology of Å·²©ÓéÀÖ BioSense platform and expand its coverage to build nationwide situational awareness capabilities with federal, state and local partners.
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