Federal medical supply schedule availability to state/local users delayed by moratorium.
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE AVAILABILITY TO STATES/LOCAL USERS DELAYED by a moratorium of up to 18 months included in the Defense Authorization Bill (S 1124) signed by President Clinton Feb. 10. The law delays a decision on whether state and local users will have access to federal pharmaceutical and medical products supply schedules, pending a General Accounting Office report on the potential effects of the federal supply schedule cooperative purchasing program on the pharmaceutical and medical supplies industries.