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October 4, 2013 By AMK

VA awards $275 million contract to track supplies at hospitals

The Veterans Affairs Department awarded Shipcom Wireless of Houston a four-year contract with a maximum value of $275 million to help manage the supply chain in its 152 hospitals at the “point of use” — wards, operating or emergency rooms.

VA’s current supply chain system “is outdated, underutilized and often accomplished manually,” said the department, which wanted to “build a world class advanced supply chain to serve as a benchmark for the overall healthcare logistics industry.”

VA wanted to acquire a point-of-use system that uses automated supply stations to streamline the supply chain for timely delivery of required supplies to the point where those supplies are consumed throughout a hospital.

Keep reading this article at: http://www.nextgov.com/health/2013/09/va-awards-275-million-contract-track-supplies-hospitals/70774/?oref=nextgov_defense

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: awards, performance based logistics, supply chain, VA

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