National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility  

Dial Cordy and Associates Inc. was awarded a $ 3.5 million dollar contract by the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Science and Technology to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the siting, construction, and operation of a National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF).  The NBAF is envisioned to provide the nation with the first integrated agricultural, zoonotic disease, and public health RDT&E facility (BSL-3/3Ag/4) with the capability to address threats from high consequence zoonotic disease agents, and foreign animal diseases.  Alternative sites are located throughout the CONUS.