BiolabsLeidos awarded DHS Plum Island biolab contract

DHS awarded Reston, Virginia-based Leidos a prime contract to support and supplement the Science and Technology (S&T) Agricultural Scientific Program at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC). The single-award time and materials (T&M) contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a total contract value of approximately $12 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed in Orient Point, New York.

PIADC is the only laboratory in the United States that can work on high-consequence foreign animal diseases. The laboratory helps protect U.S. livestock from the accidental or intentional introduction of foreign animal diseases. The DHS S&T Agricultural Defense Scientific Program at the PIADC is key to the development of foreign animal disease countermeasures that can be deployed in the event of an outbreak, including vaccines, diagnostic technology, and biotherapeutics.

Under the contract, Leidos will support and supplement the DHS S&T Agricultural Defense Scientific Program at PIADC with planning, program management support, and oversight for the development of vaccines, diagnostics, and other countermeasures to mitigate the impact of foreign animal diseases.

Leidos notes it has three decades of work in life sciences supporting the integration of large biomedical research and development, logistical, and administrative support services for federal scientific, biopharmaceutical and agricultural programs.

“We are pleased to continue our support to the DHS S&T Directorate to protect U.S. livestock from foreign animal diseases that can seriously threaten our livestock industries, economy, and way of life,” said president of Leidos Health, Steve Comb