The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration has awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Hygen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a minority-owned small business based in Redmond, Washington, to provide pharmaceutical products including metoprolol 25mg and 100mg tablets. The contract has a potential value of $280,166.76 and a performance period ending on July 16, 2018. This purchase order is not set aside for any socioeconomic program. Hygen Pharmaceuticals is a leading independent wholesaler of prescription and specialty pharmaceuticals, and has received numerous federal contract awards to supply a variety of drugs to VA medical centers and Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) locations nationwide.