Tri-Valley Companies Score Big In Federal Coronavirus Contracts

TRI-VALLEY, CA — Tri-Valley companies received millions of dollars from the federal government as it doles out contracts to vendors playing a role in the fight against the coronavirus, data obtained by ProPublica shows.

Pleasanton companies received more federal contracts than other Tri-Valley cities. The biggest local contract went to manufacturing company Medea, which received the fourth highest amount of all California vendors with a Federal Emergency Management Agency contract totaling $49 million, according to the database from investigative news outlet ProPublica. Medea is a first-time contractor with the government and received an open-ended contract to create protective gear and respirators.

Pleasanton biotechnology company 10x Genomics received $380,000 from the National Institutes of Health to create laboratory equipment and substances such as chemicals, according to the database. Another local biotechnology company, Unchained Labs, scored $249,000 from the National Institutes of Health to provide laboratory technologies.

Philips Healthcare Informatics, a foreign-owned information technology company in Pleasanton, received $7,000 to configure cardiac monitors, ProPublica found.

Diversity Supply Group, a veteran-owned Livermore equipment supply company and first-time contractor, received $7.6 million to create face shields. Woman-owned Livermore company Royal Restrooms of California received $25,000 for the month-long rental of shower and restroom trailers at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, according to the database.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will also be working with the federal government, though it did not receive a contract with a dollar amount because it is a government entity.

Woman- and Native American-owned architectural and engineering company K.F. Davis Engineering, based in Danville, received $5,000 from the Indian Health Service agency to provide mechanical renovation services to a health care facility, ProPublica found.

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