It must be noted that due to limited supply of much needed personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 response, the priority of the state of Michigan is currently to ensure the availability of this PPE to hospitals, health care staff and our first responders. You are encouraged to establish communication with distributors and retailers to obtain these resources through your traditional procurement procedures. Please submit requests for resources that you are unable to fill yourselves.  The state may, or may not, have to pass on some, or all, costs for resources provided to private for profit entities pending future guidance from FEMA. The state will cover all costs for resources provided to public entities and eligible non-profits. Regardless of this uncertainty, we encourage you to put in requests for resources needed to protect life safety.