To Combat COVID Shortages, New Free Service To Connect COVID-19 PPE Suppliers To U.S. Health Care Providers

- The portal will help connect PPE suppliers and manufacturers with the frontline health care providers.

CLARK, New Jersey, March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GEP, a leading provider of procurement and supply chain strategy, software and managed services to Fortune 500 companies, introduced a free portal - www.gep.com/covid19help/ - and service to connect health care providers - beginning with hospitals in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut - with personal protective equipment (PPE) suppliers.

This service combines an online portal with the company's procurement and supply chain specialists, for:

1. Suppliers - with PPE equipment (N-95 masks, surgical masks, ventilators, isolation gowns, etc.) to be connected with the health care providers in need.
2. Manufacturers/small businesses - to be connected with subject matter experts for help in distributing excess capacity, repurposing equipment, or packaging.
3. Health care providers - to provide details of their required PPE products to be connected with suppliers in GEP's database.

GEP has proactively provided details of suppliers with PPE equipment to tri-state's major hospital networks since mid-March. It is launching this portal to scale its effort to identify and connect the PPE suppliers with the health care providers.

About GEP

GEP helps global enterprises operate more efficiently and effectively, gain competitive advantage, boost profitability, and maximize business and shareholder value.

Fresh thinking, innovative products, unrivaled domain and subject expertise, and smart, passionate people - this is how GEP creates and delivers unified supply chain solutions of unprecedented scale, power and effectiveness.

Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrants, Winner for Best Procurement Software and Best P2P Provider at the World Procurement Awards, Best Procurement Consultancy at CIPS Supply Management Awards, and Best Provider at the EPIC Procurement Excellence Awards, GEP is frequently honored as an innovator and leader in source-to-pay direct and indirect procurement software by Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Procurement Leaders, Spend Matters and CPO Rising.

GEP is also ranked leader in managed procurement services (procurement outsourcing) by Everest Group, NelsonHall, IDC, ISG, HfS and IAOP. In addition, the primary research firm in the management consulting sector, ALM Intelligence, ranks GEP leader in procurement strategy and supply chain consulting.

With 21 offices and operations centers in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Clark, New Jersey-based GEP helps enterprises worldwide realize their strategic, operational and financial objectives. To learn more about our comprehensive range of strategic and managed services, and software, please visit www.gep.com.

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