# Puritan Medical awarded $11.6M contract to boost swab production for Cue Health

HHS and DOD awarded an $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products to expand domestic production capacity of Cue Sample Wands, the nasal swabs used with Cue Health's COVID-19 molecular testing system, aiming to reach 3 million swabs per month by March 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-11-19
- Where: Maine, United States
- Value: $11.6M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3 million swabs per month
- Products: nasal swabs, COVID-19 test kits
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Puritan Medical Products](https://endata.com/companies/46918.md)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)
- [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services](https://endata.com/companies/46441.md) (customer)
- [Puritan Medical Products](https://endata.com/companies/46918.md) (supplier)
- [Cue Health](https://endata.com/companies/51395.md) (customer)
- [Cue Health](https://endata.com/companies/51395.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [puritanmedproducts.com](https://www.puritanmedproducts.com/blogs/news/hhs-and-dod-award-11-6-million-contract-to-puritan-medical-products-to-boost-u-s-production-of-swabs-for-cue-health-covid-19-tests), 2020-11-23: "The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) have jointly awarded an $11.6 million contract to Puritan Medical Products Company, LLC, to expand domestic production capacity of Cue Sample Wands."
- [mlo-online.com](https://www.mlo-online.com/diagnostics/specimen-collection/article/21164387/hhs-and-dod-award-116-million-contract-to-puritan-medical-products), 2020-11-30: "Awarded November 19, the new contract will allow Puritan Medical to expedite upgrades at its Maine facility and increase production capability of Cue’s nasal swabs to 3 million per month by March 2021."

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