Definitive Contract HHSD200201588236C

This is a $879,218.88 definitive contract awarded to Karna LLC, a professional services firm specializing in population health services, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under an 8(a) sole source set-aside. The contract is for updates to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) public website. Karna is a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina, which has extensive experience providing healthcare administration and IT services to federal agencies, particularly the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). While the award does not mention any subcontractors, Karna has previously partnered with firms like General Dynamics Information Technology, Northrop Grumman, and ICF on federal contracts. This contract falls under Karna's portfolio of HHS-CDC awards, which includes a $124 million contract for the World Trade Center Health Program and a $677,062 contract to support the 2019 CDC Broad Agency Announcement.