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

to CEPHEID

healthactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-07-23·LATEST ACTION2026-03-02·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50121C00024_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

OTA - PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE: ESTABLISHING A PLATFORM FOR DIAGNOSIS AND SURVEILLANCE OF EMERGING THREATS

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In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2021 pandemic-preparedness contract funding Cepheid's diagnostic and surveillance platform for emerging infectious threats.

Sub-sectors
pandemic-preparednessdiagnostic-surveillanceemerging-infectious-disease
Why this matters

Strengthens U.S. capacity to detect and respond to novel pathogens; critical infrastructure for early warning and containment of future pandemics.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains domestic diagnostic-device manufacturing and molecular-testing supply chains essential for rapid public-health response.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reduces dependence on foreign diagnostic platforms; builds resilient U.S. biodefense and pandemic-response capabilities amid geopolitical tensions.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-02. Cost: $0.002998.

Period of performance
Start
2021-07-23
End
2028-12-31
Status
activein 915 days
Sources

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