Alion Awarded $8M Navy Research Protections Contract.

Technology Solutions Company to Assist Department of Navy Human Research Protection Program

MCLEAN, Va. -- Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, has been awarded a contract with a potential value of nearly $8.0M to provide support to the Department of the Navy (DON) Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). The DON HRPP is responsible for ensuring DON-sponsored research with human subjects meets federal regulations, DoD directives and DON instructions and policies.

The contract, awarded by the US Navy to support its Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), is a single award, time and materials, IDIQ contract with a one year base and four option years. The base year, running from September 2006 to September 2007, has been fully funded by the Navy.

Alion will provide experts in applied research ethics to assist in: conducting education and training; development of the DON HRPP handbook; assessment of human research protection programs at the Navy's commands and institutions conducting Navy-supported research; support in the development and implementation of corrective action programs as needed; and providing information systems support.

"DON HRPP is responsible for the oversight of approximately 2,000 research protocols for studies being conducted in over 150 locations worldwide," said Rob Goff, Alion Sector Senior Vice President and Manager of the Defense Operations Integration Sector. "Through this award Alion will be able to expand the work we are currently performing with the Navy by helping to ensure the proper steps are taken at all times to ensure the safety of the human research subjects."

The new award will enable Alion to build upon its current work with the DON HRPP through an existing contract with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), a portion of which supports ONR's Research Protections Division (Code 343) in the establishment and implementation of the Navy's HRPP.

About Alion Science and Technology

Alion Science and Technology is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies and commercial customers. Building on almost 70 years of R&D and engineering experience, Alion brings innovation and insight to multiple business areas: naval architecture & marine engineering; defense operations; systems engineering; modeling & simulation; information management & technology; chemical, biological, nuclear & environmental sciences; wireless spectrum engineering; and industrial technology. Based in McLean, Virginia, Alion has more than 3700 employee-owners at major offices, customer sites and laboratories worldwide. For more information, call 877.771.6252 or visit Alion online at www.alionscience.com.

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