Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a national security, health, and engineering solutions company, was awarded a prime contract by the Naval Medical Logistics Command (NMLC) to provide services in support of the Naval Health Research Center's (NHRC), Department of Defense (DoD), HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP). The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total contract value of approximately $14 million if the options are exercised. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif.
NHRC, as part of the DoD's program to reduce HIV/AIDS in Allied Nations' Uniformed Services, identifies and supports organizations with novel approaches to developing laboratory and clinical HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs. DHAPP provides day-to-day direction of the DoD effort.
Under the contract, Leidos will provide services in support of HIV/AIDS prevention programs, including, assisting in the establishment of HIV/AIDS-specific policies for foreign military personnel, assisting in the adaption of prevention programs, training military personnel in selected foreign militaries to implement, maintain and evaluate HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and clinical management programs, and assisting in the integration of U.S. Government programs and those managed by allies and the United Nations.
"Despite the advancements in treatments over the last several years, HIV/AIDS is still a public health crisis in many regions in the world," said Steve Comber, Group President of Leidos Health. "We are proud to support NHRC, the Department of Defense and other Allied Nations in their efforts to develop education and prevention programs to mitigate the HIV epidemic and prevent the AIDS virus from spreading further."
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