CDC's National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry awards $29 Million IT Contract to Emergint Technologies
(LOUISVILLE, KY) - Emergint Technologies, Inc. (Emergint) has been awarded a contract to provide Information Technology and Informatics services to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions' (CDC) National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR).
Details of the contract awarded to Emergint include tasking for a broad range of Information Technology and Informatics services in support of NCEH/ATSDR programs. Services will include software design and development, data modeling and management, integration of applications, GIS and spatial data analysis, simulation and modeling, website and web application development, data entry, data conversion, data analysis, information assurance (Quality Assurance/Quality Control), information security, and technical and professional expertise in support of ongoing operations.
The mission of the National Center for Environmental Health and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is to plan, direct, and coordinate a national program to maintain and improve the health of the American people by promoting a healthy environment and by preventing premature death and avoidable illness and disability caused by non-infectious, non-occupational environmental and related factors. NCEH/ATSDR works to prevent illness, disability, and death from interactions between people and the environment. The organization is especially committed to safeguarding children, the elderly, and people with disabilities; persons that are more vulnerable to environmental hazards. Emergint will assist NCEH/ATSDR with technology initiatives, and its stated goal to achieve its mission through science, service, and leadership.
The contract was awarded under GSA 8(a) STARS, the Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services and calls for up to 5 years with a ceiling of nearly 30 million dollars. Emergint will lead the effort, and will be joined by Northrop Grumman and Booz Allen Hamilton.