This week, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a new contract for ventilator production rated under the Defense Production Act (DPA), to General Electric (GE), in partnership with Ford. GE’s contract, at a total contract price of $336 million, is for 50,000 ventilators to be produced by July 13. The rating of this contract under the DPA follows President Trump’s direction to HHS Secretary Alex Azar on April 2 to invoke the Defense Production Act to help facilitate the supply of ventilator materials for American companies, including General Electric.
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