Bioquell Regulatory News (BQE)

2 Oct 2007 13:29

Bioquell PLC02 October 2007 TO: CITY EDITORS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 October, 2007 BIOQUELL PLC Award of Joint Material Decontamination System (US military) sub-contract BIOQUELL PLC ("BIOQUELL"), the UK leader in specialist bio-decontaminationtechnology and testing/compliance services, announces that it is a member of theTeledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. ("TBE") Team that has been awarded a contractrelating to the United States Department of Defense ("DOD") Joint MaterialDecontamination System ("JMDS"). The JMDS is required to have the ability to decontaminate sensitive equipment,and interiors of vehicles, aircraft, ships and fixed site facilities that havebeen exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear ("CBRN") warfareagents. Users of the JMDS will include the United States Army, Navy, Air Forceand Marine Corps. TBE has informed BIOQUELL that the DOD has awarded TBE the initial SystemDevelopment and Demonstration ("SDD") phase of the JMDS contract which is worthapproximately $14.7 million (of which BIOQUELL's share is expected to be some $7million) and will last two years. The SDD phase is reimbursed on a cost plusbasis. The DOD's request for proposal dated 13 March 2007 described a SDD phase whichwould last two years - and requested firm prices for two production options: thelow rate initial production ("LRIP") option of 23 JMDS units and the full rateproduction ("FRP") option of 1,843 units. Enquiries Nick Adams BIOQUELL PLC 01264 835 900Mark Bodeker Emma Kane Redleaf Communications 020 7822 0200 ********************************** Notes to Editors / further information * The Request for Proposal ("RFP") for JMDS was posted on 13 March, 2007 by the DOD on: https://abop.monmouth.army.mil/aend-2007.nsf/all?openview& startkey=W911SR-07-R-0007&expandview * For further information on Teledyne Technologies, Inc. see www.teledyne.com * For further information on Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc. see www.tbe.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange