New Eight-Year VA PPV Contract

Dated: January 27, 2004

In early January 2004, the VA announced the award of a new 8-year, $23 Billion Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor (PPV) Contract with McKesson Pharmacy Systems (McKesson). McKesson has developed an implementation plan for IHS and Tribal sites and is expected to have the required hardware and software in place by the end of March 2004. Wyman Ford and Evelyn Cherry at the National Supply Service Center in Ada, Oklahoma are the IHS contacts for the transition process.

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