Leidos won a contract to modernize the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, a critical system that delivers vital organ transplant information to patients, donors and healthcare providers.
The multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract was awarded by the Health and Human Services Department through the Health Resources and Services Administration. It has a total potential value of $235 million, including a base period of performance of one year and four 1-year option periods.
“Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the transplant waiting list,” said Liz Porter, Leidos Health & Civil Sector president. “Patients, donors, families, and physicians depend on timely and accurate data from the OPTN to facilitate life-saving transplants. By providing improved access to information and deploying modernized tools, we are dedicated to equipping all involved with the resources they need to make critical decisions.”
Under the contract, Leidos will compete with other vendors to win tasks to modernize key pieces of the organ transplant system to improve transparency, performance, governance and efficiency across the donation and transplantation process.
This effort will benefit more than 100,000 people on the national organ transplant waitlist, the company said.
This initiative, representing the most significant reforms of the OPTN in nearly four decades, is aimed at improving health outcomes and better serving patients and families.
