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$422,315,784

Department of Health and Human Services·Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

to EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS CANADA INC

healthactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-05-31·LATEST ACTION2026-03-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50119C00037_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

VIGIV BUY AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the 2019 VIGIV vaccine contract with Emergent BioSolutions Canada for pandemic preparedness supplies and services.

Sub-sectors
vaccine-procurementbiosecuritypandemic-preparedness
Why this matters

Ensures sustained domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity and emergency biological defense stockpiling under the Strategic National Stockpile.

Supply-chain signal

Reinforces reliance on Emergent BioSolutions as a critical U.S. vaccine manufacturer; contract continuity signals confidence in their production capability despite past quality issues.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. domestic vaccine independence and reduces reliance on foreign biologics manufacturing during potential biosecurity threats.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002937.

Period of performance
Start
2019-05-31
End
2027-03-30
Status
activein 273 days
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