DOD awards $110M contract to Puritan Medical for swab production expansion

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded $110 million to Puritan Medical Products to procure equipment to increase domestic production capacity of foam tip swabs by 200 million per month by September 2021, to support COVID-19 testing.

“This industrial base expansion effort, with a not-to-exceed value of $110 million, will allow Puritan to procure the production equipment necessary to increase production capacity by 200M foam tip swabs per month by September 2021.”war.gov

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• war.govDOD Awards $110 Million Firm Fixed Price Contract Action to Puritan Medical Products to Increase Domestic Production Capacity of Foam Tip Swabs > U.S. Department of War > Release | U.S. Department of WarJan 8, 2021

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