The U.S. federal government has recently awarded a notable contract related to the field of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) equipment or life science research of interest for potential applications in biodefense:
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has awarded a contract to the University of Hertfordshire for an effort entitled GO AHEAD: Guidance On All-Hazards Enhanced Action Decontamination.
The contract was awarded under Broad Agency Announcement: BARDA-CBRN-BAA-13-100-SOL-00013 and is valued at $6,621,162.
