# Ellume signs $231.8M U.S. government contract for COVID-19 home tests

Ellume announced a $231.8 million agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense to deliver 8.5 million COVID-19 home tests and establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-02-01
- Where: Valencia, California, United States
- Value: $231.8M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 500,000+ tests per day
- Products: COVID-19 home tests
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [Ellume](https://endata.com/companies/52936.md)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [ellumehealth.com](https://www.ellumehealth.com/2021/02/02/ellume-announces-231-8-million-agreement-with-the-u-s-government-to-scale-up-production-of-covid-19-home-tests), 2021-02-01: "The contract includes the delivery of 8.5 million Ellume COVID-19 Home Tests to support the U.S. Government’s pandemic response"

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.