In Brief: Durr Medical/DoD contract
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Durr Medical/DoD contract: Bergen Brunswig subsidiary inks six five-year prime vendor contracts with the Department of Defense's Defense Personnel Supply Center for distribution of medical-surgical supplies worth "in excess of $230 mil." in additional sales over the five year period. Five of the contracts cover DOD domestic regions and one covers all 16 U.S. military installations in Europe; all of the contracts have "one-year option renewals," Bergen Brunswig states. Durr got its first DoD contract award in December; it now has seven. The recent round marks Durr's entrance into the European market. The firm notes that "Internet technology" will "facilitate next day shipment" for order processing...