Retractable Technologies Inc (RVP)

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RTI Receives Government Funding to Expand Domestic Production (7/08/20)

Effective July 1, 2020, Retractable Technologies, Inc. (“RTI”) entered into a Technology Investment Agreement (“TIA”) with United States Government Department of Defense, U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Contracting Division & Edgewood Contracting Division (ACC-APG, NCD & ECD) on behalf of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) (“Government”) for $53,664,286.00 in Government funding to RTI for expanding domestic production of needles and syringes. The principal purpose of the TIA is for Government investment to fund increasing RTI’s manufacturing capacity for hypodermic safety needles and corresponding syringes in response to the worldwide COVID-19 global pandemic. The Government award is an expenditure type TIA whereby the Government will make payments to RTI for expenditures for equipment and supplies made by RTI in carrying out the purpose of the expansion of RTI’s domestic production. RTI’s contributions under the terms of the TIA to enhance domestic capacity of pandemic essential technology include providing facilities, technical expertise, labor and maintenance of the TIA funded equipment for a 10 year term.