Nitrile Glove Expansion

Contract FA8534-21-C-0002 was awarded to Showa Best Gloves Inc on June 17, 2021, by the Department of Defense, specifically the AFLCMC Wlnka. This Firm-Fixed-Price agreement is valued at 81,284,996.00 dollars and focuses on the domestic industrial base expansion and manufacture of acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber nitrile exam gloves. The initiative was launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a declared national emergency to meet the priorities of the Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. The primary objective of this contract is to expand domestic production capacity for nitrile gloves to ensure a sufficient national inventory and significantly reduce dependency on foreign sources of supply. The work is being performed in Fayette, Alabama, under NAICS code 339113. The procurement was facilitated through a commercial solutions opening to rapidly address critical public health and pandemic needs.