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United States : Perspecta Awarded Contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Benefit Public Health
Publish Date : 19-Dec-2018
Perspecta Inc. a leading U.S. government services provider, announced that it was awarded a prime contract on the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP). The five-year, single award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract represents new work for the company and has a ceiling value of $40 million. To date, Perspecta has been awarded 11 task orders on the contract totaling approximately $14.2 million.
On the GRASP contract, Perspecta will support the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDC/ATSDR public health partners to respond to public health threats using spatial data analysis and communication capabilities to effectively analyze location and health information. Additionally, Perspecta will be responsible for linking geographic information system (GIS) science analytics, technology and visualization capabilities to public health initiatives.
Perspecta takes pride in knowing that the work we do directly impacts the people in the communities in which we live and work, said Mac Curtis, president and chief executive officer, Perspecta. We look forward to leveraging our innovative GIS and IT capabilities to play a pivotal role in helping the CDC protect American citizens from health, safety and security threats both in the United States and abroad.
Perspecta will be taking a multidisciplinary approach to spatially analyze data, which will help the CDC protect against public health threats while also supporting public health research for the preparedness and prevention of future threats. Specifically, the company will combine geospatial scienceincluding epidemiology, geospatial statistics and environmental modelingwith IT expertise in data management, analytics, application development and project coordination to meet the GIS needs of the GRASP program.
