USAID has extended the contract with Jefferson Solutions to continue to provide support to USAID’s Bureau of Global Health, Office of Acquisition and Assistance and USAID missions to more quickly complete a full range of activities associated with the Global Health related procurements and awards. The main purpose of this extension is to allow for a follow-on competition to run in parallel, which includes time lost due to the government shutdown, and time required for security clearances to be established for staff on a new award. The extension is for 8 months, with a value of $4M. Read more here.