Contractor Shall Provide Facilities, Equipment, Methodology, Technologies, and Scientific and Technical Expertise Forthe Genomic Sequencing Center for Infectious Diseases. the Genomic Sequencing Center Shall Provide Rapid Andcost-Efficient Production of High-Quality Genome Sequences of Microorganisms and Invertebrate Vectors of Infectiousdiseases and Make the Resulting Genomic Data Rapidly and Readily Accessible to the Broader Scientific Communitythrough Publicly Accessible International Databases. in Addition, the Centers Shall Provide Comparative Genomics Andgenotyping to Examine Genetic Variation in Populations and Communities of Human Pathogens That Across the Humangenome Identify Genetic Associations With Observable Phenotypes in the Pathogen and in the Human Host
Contract Overview
Contract Amount: $62,317,919 ($62.3M)
Contractor: THE Broad Institute, Inc
Awarding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Start Date: 2009-07-01
End Date: 2014-03-30
Contract Duration: 1,733 days
Daily Burn Rate: $36.0K/day
Official Description: CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, METHODOLOGY, TECHNOLOGIES, AND SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE FORTHE GENOMIC SEQUENCING CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. THE GENOMIC SEQUENCING CENTER SHALL PROVIDE RAPID ANDCOST-EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY GENOME SEQUENCES OF MICROORGANISMS AND INVERTEBRATE VECTORS OF INFECTIOUSDISEASES AND MAKE THE RESULTING GENOMIC DATA RAPIDLY AND READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE BROADER SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITYTHROUGH PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNATIONAL DATABASES. IN ADDITION, THE CENTERS SHALL PROVIDE COMPARATIVE GENOMICS ANDGENOTYPING TO EXAMINE GENETIC VARIATION IN POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES OF HUMAN PATHOGENS THAT ACROSS THE HUMANGENOME IDENTIFY GENETIC ASSOCIATIONS WITH OBSERVABLE PHENOTYPES IN THE PATHOGEN AND IN THE HUMAN HOST.
Place of Performance
Location: Massachusetts, 02142