# VA - 20-03075-138 - 1
> **Closed** recommendation · 2021-06-14
**Report:** Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Contract Emergency Supply Strategies Available Before the COVID-19 Pandemic ([detail](https://api.ai-analytics.org/ig-report/28904))
**OIG report number:** 20-03075-138
**Recommendation number:** 1
## Text
The under secretary for health direct the Medical Supplies Program Office to provide Veterans Integrated Service Network and VA medical facility chief logistics officers guidance on how to use and monitor the emergency and continuous supply strategies offered in prime vendors’ contingency plans to help mitigate acute emergency and continuous supply shortages during the current pandemic and future emergencies.
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*Source: oversight.gov · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*