Notice of Vaccine Waiver Pediatric and Adult.doc
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- BD-15-1031-ADMIN-ADM08-00000001349
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- Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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This document is a notice from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services Department of Public Health regarding the purchase of vaccines for their pediatric and adult immunization program. The program has been in place since 2004 under the federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program and is currently authorized by state legislation. The vaccines will be purchased directly from a list of CDC-approved vendors, including GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer, Inc., Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, and Sanofi. This purchasing method enables the Commonwealth to access the lowest available vaccine pricing and ensures direct access to vaccine supply.
The vaccines will be distributed through the CDC's McKesson vaccine distribution contract at no additional cost to the Commonwealth. This state and local contract opportunity is identified as NOTVAC02 - Pediatric and Adult Immunization Program, under the state of Massachusetts.
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Department of Public Health
250 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108-4619
Tel: 617-624-5200
Fax: 617-624-5206 www.mass.gov/dph
DEVAL L. PATRICK
GOVERNOR
JOHN W. POLANOWICZ
SECRETARY
CHERYL BARTLETT, RN
COMMISSIONER
This is a notice that the Department of Public Health’s, Bureau of Infectious Disease plans to purchase vaccines for their pediatric and adult immunization program from a list of vendors approved by the CDC. This program has been in place since the inception of the federal Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program in 2004 and is currently authorized by Chapter 28 of the Acts of 2014. It has enabled the Commonwealth to purchase vaccines at the lowest available pricing that is made available to the CDC by the vaccine manufacturers. The vaccine manufacturers directly contract with CDC without using third party wholesalers ensuring the lowest pricing available and guaranteeing direct access to vaccine supply. Vaccines purchased thru this mechanism are distributed via the CDC’s McKesson vaccine distribution contract at no additional cost to the Commonwealth.
The contracts for the purchase of pediatric vaccines for the Vaccine For Children Program are:
· GlaxoSmithKline LLC
· Merck Sharp & Dohme
· Pfizer, Inc.
· Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics
· Sanofi
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