# 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.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-01-08
- Where: United States
- Value: $110.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200 million foam tip swabs per month
- Products: foam tip swabs
- 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)

## Sources

- [war.gov](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2467020/dod-awards-110-million-firm-fixed-price-contract-action-to-puritan-medical-prod/), 2021-01-08: "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."

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