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Anonymous ID: bc42a4 Dec. 30, 2021, 10:11 a.m. No.15279383   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Biden admin touts $137M deal for COVID test strip factory that will take 3 years to build

 

Once the factory is running in 2024 or 2025, another 85 million more tests can be produced each month.

 

  • "Reuters first reported that the White House inked the agreement with MilliporeSigma, a subsidiary of German firm Merck KGaA, not be confused with U.S. company Merck & Co."

 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-inks-137m-deal-for-covid-test-strip-factory-to-be-built-over-3-years

 

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What are they expecting to happen in 3 years?

 

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The DOD press release focused on the domestic production capability and failed to mention the German parent company:

 

Immediate Release

 

"DoD Awards $136.7 Million Contract to MilliporeSigma to Establish Domestic Production Capacity of Critical Material Used in COVID-19 Point-of-Care Tests

 

Dec. 29, 2021

 

On Dec. 29, 2021, the Department of Defense (DoD), on behalf of and in coordination with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $136.7 million contract to MilliporeSigma to establish nitrocellulose membrane production capacity in the United States.

 

Nitrocellulose membrane is a critical material used in manufacturing SARS-CoV-2 rapid point-of-care tests. This industrial base expansion effort will allow MilliporeSigma to establish a nitrocellulose manufacturing capability in its Sheboygan, Wisconsin facility to support more than 83.3 million tests per month for COVID-19 testing and future needs.

 

The DoD’s Defense Assisted Acquisition Cell (DA2) led this effort in coordination with the Department of the Air Force’s Acquisition COVID-19 Task Force (DAF ACT). This effort was funded through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to support domestic industrial base expansion for critical medical resources."

 

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2885655/dod-awards-1367-million-contract-to-milliporesigma-to-establish-domestic-produc/

 

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Hmmm. Wonder if "nitrocellulose membrane" has other purposes and the DOD knows we'll need it in 3 years?

 

And while our increased self sufficiency/ less dependence on overseas components is essential to our national security and survival, is doing it through a subsidiciary of a foreign company really lessening our dependence on overseas decision-makers?