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HJF Receives Award to Support Research in Africa

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, was awarded a $48,060,258 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for overseas support activities for U.S. Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Nairobi, Kenya; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Kampala, Uganda, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 26, 2021. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $5,425,775 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the contracting activity (W81XWH-21-C-0097).