Definitive Contract HHS261017121

Ash Stevens LLC was awarded a definitive contract with a ceiling value of $19.0M by a federal agency to synthesize bulk chemicals and drugs for preclinical and clinical studies. The contract, awarded July 1, 2003, was structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with a completion date of July 30, 2006. Work was performed at the contractor's facility in Detroit, Michigan. This contract was not designated as a set-aside procurement.

The contract supported the development and manufacturing of pharmaceutical compounds required for research and development activities, including materials needed to advance drugs through preclinical testing phases and into clinical trial stages. Ash Stevens LLC, a specialized chemical synthesis and drug manufacturing organization, was selected to provide the complex chemistry and manufacturing expertise necessary to produce high-quality bulk quantities of these test compounds. This type of contract is typical within federal biomedical and pharmaceutical research programs where specialized manufacturing capabilities are required to support the pipeline of investigational drugs.