This federal contract award is for the delivery of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies to the Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service (IHS) and the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The prime contractor is Mckesson Corporation, a healthcare services and information technology company that provides distribution services to federal government customers.
The contract, awarded on March 4, 2019, has a ceiling value of $79,509.30 and runs through March 5, 2019. It is a firm fixed price delivery order contract, with no set-aside designation. Based on the contract award history, Mckesson has provided over $5.8 million in pharmaceutical products such as penicillin injections and alvimopan capsules to IHS and VHA facilities nationwide. Mckesson also holds a $675 million blanket purchase agreement with IHS to furnish pharmaceutical supplies, as well as a single-award $710 million blanket purchase agreement to provide essential medical supplies to IHS.