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$857,637,641

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

to EMERGENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GAITHERSBURG INC.

healthactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-08-30·LATEST ACTION2026-06-26·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50119C00071_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

ACAM2000, SMALLPOX (VACCINIA) VACCINE, LIVE (ACAM)

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

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In plain English

Latest obligation on a 2019 ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine contract for emergency preparedness supply.

Sub-sectors
vaccine-procurementbiodefensestrategic-national-stockpile
Why this matters

Critical biodefense asset ensuring U.S. population protection against potential smallpox outbreaks or bioterrorism.

Supply-chain signal

Sustains domestic vaccine manufacturing capacity, reducing reliance on foreign suppliers for strategic health security assets.

U.S.–China competition angle

Strengthens U.S. vaccine sovereignty and biodefense independence amid great-power competition for medical countermeasure capabilities.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-28. Cost: $0.019098.

Period of performance
Start
2019-08-30
End
2026-09-30
Status
activein 92 days
Sources

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