# Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Contract Emergency Supply Strategies Available Before the COVID-19 Pandemic
> **Review** by Department of Veterans Affairs OIG · 2021-06-14
> *About: Department of Veterans Affairs*
## Report
- **Title:** Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Contract Emergency Supply Strategies Available Before the COVID-19 Pandemic
- **Submitting OIG:** Department of Veterans Affairs OIG
- **Component agency:** Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Type:** Review
- **Publication date:** 2021-06-14

## Summary

VA medical facilities’ demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. The VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed how the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ensured the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor-Next Generation (MSPV-NG) program and its prime vendors met contract requirements by offering medical facilities a no-cost option to develop advance-order supply lists tailored to catastrophic events and contingency plans.


## Recommendations

- **Rec 1** (Closed): 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…
- **Rec 2** (Closed): The Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction direct the Strategic Acquisition Center’s Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor Program contracting officer to provide guidance to Veterans Integrated Service Network and VA medical facilities’ program…
## Source
- [oversight.gov report page](https://www.oversight.gov/reports/medicalsurgical-prime-vendor-contract-emergency-supply-strategies-available-covid-19)
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