75A50124C00046↗

Cerus Corporation received this contract from Barda - Aspr / Daappo / Barda Dcma, Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response: $65.36M obligated so far for drugs and biologicals. It runs to 2031-09-30.

Key facts · data as of Oct 22, 2026

Recipient
Cerus Corporation
Awarding agency
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (Department of Health and Human Services)
Contracting office
Barda - Aspr / Daappo / Barda Dcma (75A501)
Obligated to date
$65.36M
Potential value
$209.04M
Ends
2031-09-30

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 22, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award 75A50124C00046, data as of Oct 22, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_75A50124C00046_7505_-NONE-_-NONE-

LICENSE PATHOGEN REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY (PRT) FOR RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) COMPONENTS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED INFECTION (TTI) BY RECOGNIZED, EMERGING, EPIDEMIC, AND ENDEMIC PATHOGENS THAT IS CAPABLE OF TREATING OVER 10 MILLION RBC COM

Definitive Contract · Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · to Cerus Corporation (UEI KJJQRRLY2FL5) · data as of 2026-10-22

Obligated to date$65.36M4 actions
Current value$65.36Mwith options exercised
Potential value$209.04Mif every option is used
Period2024-09-30 → 2031-09-30current end date

What it is

Product or service
Drugs and Biologicals (PSC 6505)
Industry
Research and Development in Biotechnology (Except Nanobiotechnology) (NAICS 541714)
Contracting office
Barda - Aspr / Daappo / Barda Dcma (75A501)
Competition
Full and open competition · 1 offer received
Pricing
Cost sharing
How it was bought
Standalone contract
Solicitation
BAA-23-100-SOL-00004
Where the work is
Contra Costa, CA · district CA-10

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2024$32.12M
FY2025$0
FY2026$33.24M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subcontractors: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

4 actions since 2024-09-20. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

DateModificationKindAmountWhat the agency wrote
2026-07-21P00003Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$33.24MSUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING TO THE BASE PERIOD (CLIN 0001, CLIN 0002 & CLIN 0003); EXERCISE OPTION 1 (CLIN 0004); UPDATE TRAVEL BUDGET; UPDATE GO/NO-GO MILESTONES; UPDATE INDIRECT RATES; UPDATE COA THRESHOLD TO $350,000; INCORPORATE MANDATORY CLAUSES AS
2025-03-24P00002Administrative change$0CERUS - NO-COST MODIFICATION IS TO UPDATE ARTICLE G.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER TO ADD JULIE BERGMANN AS THE ALTERNATE CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (ACOR), UPDATE ARTICLE G.7 INDIRECT COST RATES, AND UPDATE CONTRACT CLAUSES PER EXECUTIVE ORDE
2025-01-21P00001Supplemental agreement (work within scope)$0NO-COST MODIFICATION IS TO UPDATE ARTICLE G.1. CONTRACTING OFFICER TO REFLECT RICHARD A. HALL AS THE CONTRACTING OFFICER.
2024-09-200$32.12MLICENSE PATHOGEN REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY (PRT) FOR RED BLOOD CELL (RBC) COMPONENTS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF TRANSFUSION-TRANSMITTED INFECTION (TTI) BY RECOGNIZED, EMERGING, EPIDEMIC, AND ENDEMIC PATHOGENS THAT IS CAPABLE OF TREATING OVER 10 MILLION RBC COM

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-22). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗