SRA Wins $18 Million Contract to Support Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SRA International, Inc., a leading provider of IT solutions and professional services to government organizations, was awarded a contract to support the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) co-sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The contract includes a base year plus four option years and is valued at $18 million if all options are exercised.

VAERS is a national vaccine safety surveillance program that collects reports from vaccine manufacturers, providers, and recipients about possible side effects, or adverse events, that occur after the administration of vaccines licensed for use in the United States. VAERS searches the reports to: 1) detect new, unusual, or rare vaccine adverse events; 2) monitor increases in known adverse events; 3) identify potential patient risk factors for particular types of adverse events; 4) identify vaccine lots with increased numbers or types of reported adverse events; and 5) assess the safety of newly licensed vaccines.

Under the contract, SRA will apply a wide range of skills and expertise to support the system including application development and maintenance, data processing/management, medical coding, clinical research, information technology and outreach to the public, vaccine manufacturers and immunization programs.

Kamal Narang, Vice President of SRA's Health business commented, "SRA is delighted to continue our partnership with the CDC and FDA on this important work.  We have supported this critical effort since 1999 and look forward to leveraging our in-depth public health knowledge and technical expertise to further enhance the vaccine adverse event reporting system and its operation, as well as aid the government in responding to the challenges created by newly licensed vaccines, evolving vaccination schedules, and emergency immunization campaigns."

About SRA International, Inc.
At SRA we combine our creativity, mission experience, technology acumen and domain expertise to deliver innovative IT solutions and professional services to address the toughest mission and operational challenges faced by U.S. government agencies.  We are inspired by our customers' missions and strive to provide the best people, working together to generate the best ideas, to deliver the best possible performance - all driven by our enduring values of Honesty and Service®. SRA was founded in 1978. We are headquartered in Fairfax, VA and employ approximately 5,200 professionals operating at home and overseas. Learn more about SRA at www.sra.com.

Any statements in this press release that are not historical data or information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These statements are subject to factors and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results SRA anticipates.  Some of these factors are set forth in Item 1A of SRA's Form 10-K for its latest fiscal year ended June 30, 2014, and subsequent filings made by SRA with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  While SRA may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so except as required by law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing SRA's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

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