usa intends to order relenza confirmed, page-28

Really looks like a urgent need now order. Wording is great. Relenza is absolutely vital and would damage national security if they dont get.




''It is recommended that the Department of State use other than full and open competition for the acquisition of 47,000 packages of the anti-viral drug Relenza (Zanamivir for inhalation) 5mg, 5 x 4 per package, in response to the spread of the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus, and the potential development of an Avian Flu Pandemic. 41 USC 253(c)(2), FAR 6.302-2, Unusual and compelling urgency . The Departments need for Relenza is of such an unusual and compelling urgency that the Government would be seriously injured in the event of a delay in award of a contract. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the sole manufacturer and patent holder of the FDA approved anti-viral drug Relenza in the United States. It is also the only commercial source of large quantities of this drug, and the only entity authorized to sell it to the Department of State at the special U.S. Government Pandemic price. The Department of State previously sole-source purchased Relenza from GSK under U.S. Government Pandemic pricing during the Avian Flu crisis of 2005-2006, and again in May 2009.''