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VA COVID-19 procurements : pandemic underscores urgent need to modernize supply chain : report to congressional committees.

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Format:
Book
Government document
Author/Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Appropriations and expenditures.
United States.
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs--Procurement.
United States. Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs.
COVID-19 (Disease)--United States.
COVID-19 (Disease).
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--United States.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.
Personal protective equipment--Purchasing--United States.
Personal protective equipment.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Purchasing--United States.
Medical instruments and apparatus.
Medical supplies--Purchasing--United States.
Medical supplies.
Veterans--Medical care--United States.
Veterans.
Armed Forces--Procurement.
Expenditures, Public.
Medical instruments and apparatus--Purchasing.
Medical supplies--Purchasing.
Veterans--Medical care.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (iii, 46 pages) : color illustrations, color map
Other Title:
Department of Veterans Affairs COVID-19 procurements: pandemic underscores urgent need to modernize supply chain
Place of Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2021.
Summary:
In March 2020 and March 2021, Congress appropriated $19.6 billion and $17 billion in supplemental funds, respectively, for VA's COVID-19 response effort. VA also authorized use of emergency flexibilities and automated aspects of its inventory system. This report examines VA's efforts to obtain and track COVID-19-related products and services amid its ongoing struggle to improve its inventory and supply chain management.
Notes:
"June 2021."
"GAO-21-280."
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO, viewed June 15, 2021).
OCLC:
1256660096

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