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JPEO-CBRND Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense

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Two uniformed service members are in a tent. One wears PPE and a faceshield, while they use a nasal swab to collect a COVID-19 sample from the other Service member in uniform.

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Mobile COVID-19 Swab Test Unit 1/4

NEW YORK (May 30, 2020) U.S. Army Pfc. Joshua Jenkins, assigned to the 44th Medical Brigade, conducts a COVID-19 swab test on U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ciske, at a mobile testing center outside the Javits Center in New York City, May 30, 2020. Military medical personnel assigned to the hospital collaborate as an integrated system in support of New York City medical system, as part of the Department of Defense COVID-19 response. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the whole-of-nation COVID-19 response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kleynia R. McKnight)

On Jan. 6, 2022, the Department of Defense (DoD), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), awarded a $51.6 million contract to Goldbelt Security, LLC, located in Newport News, Virginia, for delivery of over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits. This effort supports the president’s plan to deliver 500 million at-home COVID-19 tests to the nation at no cost in response to the Omicron variant.

The DoD’s Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) led this effort in partnership with DoD’s Defense Assisted Acquisition Cell (DA2), Army Contracting Command, and the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). The procurement was funded through the American Rescue Plan Act to supply critical medical resources to the Nation.

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JPEO-CBRND Press Kit

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