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$99,047,470

Department of Health and Human Services·Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

to CHARTWELL RX LLC

healthexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2022 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2022-09-30·LATEST ACTION2026-04-06·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75A50322F80030_7505_36F79720D0198_3600
Award description

DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE TABLETS AND AMOXICILLIN TRIHYDRATE CAPSULES

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Procurement of doxycycline hyclate tablets and amoxicillin trihydrate capsules for the Strategic National Stockpile under an ongoing contract that began in 2022.

Sub-sectors
pharmaceutical-procurementemergency-preparednessstrategic-stockpile
Why this matters

Ensures domestic antibiotic supply for pandemic and biodefense preparedness; doxycycline is critical for plague and anthrax post-exposure prophylaxis.

Supply-chain signal

Sustained demand signals continued reliance on pharmaceutical manufacturers for bulk antibiotic production; supply chain resilience for essential medicines.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. antibiotic manufacturing capacity remains vulnerable; China supplies ~80% of active pharmaceutical ingredients globally, including doxycycline precursors.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-29. Cost: $0.003068.

Period of performance
Start
2022-09-30
End
2026-03-23
Status
expired99 days ago
Sources

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