Domestic PPE Requirements Virtual Information Day

On July 14 and 15 the Department of Defense’s COVID-19 Joint Acquisition Task Force (JATF) hosted a virtual information day on personal protective equipment (PPE). The JATF, with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), the Joint Staff, the Office of Industrial Policy, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Veterans Administration, the White House Supply Chain Advisory Group, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Healthcare Industry Distributors Associations, discussed current and future demand for PPE and what can be done to support long-term domestic production of these critical medical resources. A recording of the event and presentation materials were provided to registered participants.

DLA Surgical/Isolation Gown RFPs

All three gown solicitations are now posted with a closing date of August 3, 2020 @ 10:00PM EDT. The solicitations are posted to both Beta.Sam and DIBBS as listed below:

• SPE1C1-20-R-0137 Disposable Surgical Gown Solicitation Postings

  • https://beta.sam.gov/
  • https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/

• SPE1C1-20-R-0138 Disposable Isolation Gown Solicitation Postings

  • https://beta.sam.gov/
  • https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/

• SPE1C1-20-R-0139 Reusable Isolation Gown Solicitation Postings

  • https://beta.sam.gov/
  • https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/

These solicitations take into account industry feedback, clarifications from the Department of Health and Human Services, and include updated product descriptions, lot structures, and clarifying language on proposal submission and evaluation criteria. Interested parties are encouraged to consider submitting a new offer in accordance with the guidelines set forth within these solicitation(s), which are all scheduled to close on 3 August 2020 at 10PM EDT. We appreciate your continued interest in supporting the need to fulfill requirements for PPE. If you have further questions, please reach out to the appropriate DLA points of contact listed in each of the solicitations.

General information about doing business with the government can be found on the DLA Small Business website or you can contact the following people:

• DLA Office of Small Business Programs: 571-767-0192; DLAHQSmallBusiness@dla.mil
• Mike McCall, Director of Small Business Office, DLA Troop Support (Michael.mccall@dla.mil)
• Joann Gatica, Small Business Specialist (joann.gatica@dla.mil)

JATF Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO)

On Monday, July 10 the JATF opened the Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) to solicit concepts from industry in support of domestic industrial capacity for the JATF and HHS COVID-19 response priorities. The CSO will be used in lieu of the COVID-19 JATF Industry Portal, which is no longer enabled. Please visit the CSO website to learn more and review the Areas of Interest (AOIs), which include:

• Masks
• Pharmaceutical Industrial Base Expansion
• Screening & Diagnostics
• Personal Protective Equipment Industrial Base Expansion

The current AOIs closed on Friday, August 7, 2020 at 1800 hours (6pm) Eastern Daylight Time. No additional responses to the current AOIs will be accepted at this time.

News Stories

• DOD Awards $104 Million for Procurement of Syringes in Support of U.S. COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
• DOD Announces Contract for 250,000 Curative Inc. COVID-19 Test Kits
• DOD and HHS Invest $24.3M in Becton, Dickinson and Company to Establish and Expand Production of SARS-CoV-2 Assays for BD Veritor™ Devices
• DOD and HHS Invest $24.3M in Becton, Dickinson and Company to Establish and Expand Production of SARS-CoV-2 Assays for BD Veritor™ Devices
• DOD Awards $51.15 Million Undefinitized Contract Action to Puritan Medical Products Company LLC to Increase Domestic Production Capacity of Flock Tip Testing Swabs
• DOD, HHS Award $7.6 Million Contract to Hologic, Inc. to Expand Domestic Production of Custom Sample Collection & Processing Consumables for COVID-19 Tests
• DOD Awards $2.75 Million Contract to NPS to Increase Domestic Production of Meltblown Fiber
• DOD Awards $3.5 Million Contract to Crosstex International, Inc. to Increase Domestic Production of Surgical Masks
• Nitrile beutadine rubber (NBR) gloves production
• DOD Awards $13.5 Million Contract to Lydall, Inc. to Increase Domestic Production of Meltblown Filtration Media
• DOD, DFC Sign Memorandum of Agreement on Defense Production Act
• DOD Announces Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 PPE Project: $2.2 Million Investment Will Increase U.S. Domestic Production of N95 Mask Respirator and Mask Ventilator Filter Production by Over 30 Million Combined Over the Next 120 Days
• DOD Awards $134 Million Contract, Providing Personal Protective Equipment For Medical Personnel At 15,000 Nursing Homes
• DOD Awards $138 Million Contract, Enabling Prefilled Syringes for Future COVID-19 Vaccine
• DOD Awards $126 Million Contract to 3M, Increasing Production of N95 Masks
• DOD Details $75 Million Defense Production Act Title 3 Puritan Contract
• DOD Details $133 Million Defense Production Act Title 3 COVID-19 Project
• Undersecretary Of Defense (A&S) Provides Update on DOD COVID-19 Response Efforts
• DOD Contract for 60 N95 Critical Care Decontamination Units: $415M Contract, Each Unit Can Decontaminate 80K N95 Masks Per Day

Additional COVID-19 Resources

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health: 3D Print Exchange
• DoD's Office of Industrial Policy contains resources for defense industrial base companies and other stakeholders as they navigate the complexities associated with COVID-19.
• FEMA's How to Help contains information for organizations and individual citizens with PPE or other donations.
• White House COVID-19 Task Force
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Information
• Defense Logistics Agency
• US Small Business Administration: Pay Check Protection Program
• Food & Drug Administration Policy for Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19 (during the Public Health Emergency)