After President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing U.S. agencies to use the law, the administration has identified deficiencies in 12 critical areas of procurement, White House procurement coordinator Tim Manning said at the meeting on Friday.
The law, Manning said, will help address what he described as an urgent shortage of rubber gloves, something that is “very much needed. “
“Masks, shields and gloves are badly needed, and at the moment we are not producing them at the rate we need to keep up with demand. We are already working to replace the N95 masks. is available to increase frontline workers but Another urgent concern we hear over and over again is surgical gloves. Right now we do not have enough gloves, “Manning said.
“We are almost 100% dependent on overseas export manufacturers, our national surgical gloves that protect healthcare workers, which is inappropriate and we use we have all the authority to repair it, “Manning said.
The administration will also use the DPA to extend the priority rating for Pfizer, including the filling pumps and flow filter slip unit components needed to make the Covid-19 vaccines, which eliminates your bottles in production.
This action, Manning said, “will allow Pfizer to ramp up production and meet their targets of delivering hundreds of millions of doses over the coming months.”
The DPA will also be used to invest in six providers to build Covid-19 testing at home and at the care level.
“The country is far behind where we have to be in exams, especially the quick test at home that will allow us all to get back to normal activities such as work and school,” Manning said, noting that there are “61 million points of care,” or home tests will be available before the end of this summer. ”
Manning did not provide further details about the contracts or to identify the companies involved.