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U.S. CDC signs $27.6 million contract for disease surveillance system development services

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 22nd, 2006

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced it has signed a $27.6 million contract with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), for systems development life cycle services to continue design, development and implementation of the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) Program Area Modules (PAMs) and CDC Area Modules (CAMs).

This time and materials contract has a base year worth $11,149,525 and two option years worth $10,259,532 and $10,150,162 respectively, for a combined total of $31,559,219.

The NEDSS project is CDC's public health initiative to provide a standards-based, integrated approach to...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2006-01-22)

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