Hologic Inc has been awarded a sole source, multi-year agreement with Novation for purchase and sale of its Fluoroscan line of mini C-arm imaging systems. Novation is the leading supply chain management company in healthcare, managing more than $17 billion in annual purchases for more than 2,300 VHA Inc and University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) members and their affiliates.

VHA is a nationwide network of over 2,200 community-owned healthcare organizations and their physicians. UHC is an alliance of 87 academic medical centers and 102 associate members.

The sole source award to Hologic, Inc. was unanimously supported by the VHA and UHC member-based Novation Diagnostic Imaging Council. The decision was based on Novation's public competitive bid process, which is designed to provide Novation's VHA and UHC members with quality, leading edge, high-value technology at the most affordable prices. In addition to the Diagnostic Imaging Council, Novation surveyed VHA and UHC directors of radiology and materials management to gain member input. The three-year agreement becomes effective September 1, 2002 and runs through August 31, 2005.

Hologic's Fluoroscan division is a leading provider of mini C-arm imaging system for extremity orthopedic applications. Their systems offer feature enhancements that include a laser alignment tool, expanded digital memory, and office friendly image transfer.

Commenting on the agreement, Jack W. Cumming, President and CEO of Hologic said, "We are pleased to enter into this new agreement with Novation and to build upon the agreements already in place covering our bone densitometry, Direct Radiography, and mammography equipment. Our mini C-arm imaging systems are designed to provide high-resolution images with simple operating standards to help physicians work more efficiently, with less trauma to their patients. We look forward to offering these highly effective digital imaging systems to Novation's network of VHA and UHC healthcare facilities."