The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $8.115 billion firm-fixed-price definitive contract to McKesson Specialty Distribution LLC, a subsidiary of McKesson Corporation, to provide centralized vaccine distribution services. The contract supports the Vaccines for Children program, which purchases and distributes 50% of pediatric vaccines in the United States, as well as the Section 317 program that provides routine vaccines for adults. The contract has a base period from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2024, with four optional one-year extensions, and is responsible for the annual delivery of approximately 75 million vaccine doses to over 40,000 provider sites. The contract also includes options for pandemic vaccine distribution and international vaccine donations as part of the COVID-19 response. This full and open competition was not set aside for small businesses.
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