# DoD awards Siemens Healthineers $12.38M contract for COVID-19 test production

The Department of Defense awarded Siemens Healthineers a $12.38 million contract to expand production capacity of its SARS-CoV-2 antigen test at its Walpole, Massachusetts facility, from 8.25 million to 50 million tests per month by July 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-11-20
- Where: Walpole, Massachusetts, United States
- Value: $12.4M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 50 million tests per month
- Products: SARS-CoV-2 antigen test
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/5026.md) (customer)
- [Siemens Healthineers](https://endata.com/companies/19309.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [executivegov.com](https://www.executivegov.com/articles/dod-awards-siemens-healthineers-contract-to-support-covid-19-testing), 2020-11-20: "Under the contract, Siemens Healthineers will work to expand U.S. based industrial production capacity of the DoD's SARS-CoV-2 antigen test."

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