Bergen Brunswig's Durr Medical subsidiary awarded prime vendor agreement with department of defense.ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 27, 1995--Bergen Brunswig Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. ) announced today that its Durr Medical subsidiary has received prime vendor status to supply medical-surgical supplies to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Department of Defense's (DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. ) Cascades Region Cascades is one of Burkina Faso's 13 administrative regions. It was created on 2 July 2001 and had a population of 386,192 in 2002. The region's capital is Banfora. Two provinces, Comoé and Léraba, make up the region. . The agreement covers six military hospitals and medical centers in the state of Washington. Bergen Brunswig currently supplies pharmaceuticals through its Bergen Brunswig Drug Company subsidiary to several Department of Defense regions throughout the United States. "The selection process for the Cascades award gave us an opportunity to feature one of Durr Medical's greatest strengths -- namely information technology and specialty distribution programs," explained Cullen Smith, Presiden, Durr Medical. "Since we already have just-in-time inventory programs, electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. , and electronic order-entry systems in place, we were able to show that Durr could more than meet the DOD contract's technology requirements. The Cascades award comes with added significance as it is the first DOD award obtained by Durr Medical." "We awarded the contract on a best-value basis," said Linda Flatley, Chief Contracting Officer for the DOD's prime vendor medical-surgical section for the United States, Europe and the Pacific. "We looked at Durr Medical's history of product availability; electronic commerce and order-entry capabilities; socio-economic commitment; and Durr's ability to fulfill a surge provision in time of war. Durr's superior systems capabilities gained them extra consideration in the best-value selection process. We are excited to have Durr as a partner in the contract." Bergen Brunswig Corporation, a Fortune 500 Company, wtih 1995 revenues of $8.4 billion, is the nation's largest supplier of pharmaceuticals to the managed care market and the second largest wholesaler to the retail pharmacy market. Bergen's new subsidiary, IntePlex(tm), focuses on the integration of the Company's pharmaceutical, medical-surgical supply and oncology divisions for one-stop-shop capabilities in the integrated healthcare marketplace. Bergen Brunswig is the only pharmaceutical distributor to provide both drugs and medical-surgical supplies on a national basis. Bergen serves the retail market through distribution to chain store accounts and independent pharmacies -- 3,800 of which participate in its voluntary Good Neighbor Pharmacy Good Neighbor Pharmacy is a retailers' cooperative network of over 2,700 independently owned and operated pharmacies. It has a business affiliation with AmerisourceBergen (Bergen Brunswig Drug Company), which sponsors the network and owns the name "Good Neighbor Pharmacy". (GNP GNP See: Gross National Product ) program. Bergen Brunswig Corporation's operating entities include Bergen Brunswig Drug Company, Durr Medical, Alternate Site Distributors, and IntePlex. CONTACT: Bergen Brunswig Lisa Riordan, 800/840-5131 |
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