Henry Schein, BAE Systems win $38 million in defense contracts
Melville-based Henry Schein Inc. provides health-care products to dentists, veterinarians and doctors. Credit: Steve Pfost
Two contracts, together worth more than $38 million, have been awarded to companies with operations on Long Island, the Defense Department announced.
Henry Schein Inc., the Melville-based provider of health-care products to dentists, veterinarians and doctors, has won an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to deliver surgical products to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies. The contract, worth up to $24.4 million, runs nine months, with eight one-year options and one 15-month option.
The contract has a completion date of Sept. 27, 2027.
Separately, BAE Systems’ Greenlawn unit has been awarded a $14.5 million contract to provide “identification friend or foe” devices for U.S. Air Force F-16 jet fighters.
The devices are designed to ensure that allied forces do not fire on each other.
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 27, 2021.
BAE Systems PLC is based in Farnborough, England.
Ken Schachter covers corporate news, including technology and aerospace, and other business topics for Newsday. He has also worked at The Miami Herald and The Jerusalem Post.
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