TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENT	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENT
TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENT	15. TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENT Effective July 1, 2020, the Company entered into the TIA with the U.S. government. The principal purpose of the TIA is to fund the expansion of the Company’s manufacturing capacity for hypodermic safety needles and corresponding syringes in response to the worldwide COVID-19 global pandemic. The award is an expenditure-type TIA, whereby the U.S. government will make payments to the Company for the Company’s expenditures for equipment and supplies in carrying out the expansion of the Company’s domestic production. The Company’s contributions under the terms of the TIA to enhance domestic capacity of pandemic-essential technology include providing facilities, technical expertise, labor, and maintenance of the TIA-funded equipment for a ten-year term. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had negotiated contracts for the purchase of automated assembly equipment, molds, and molding equipment, as well as portions of auxiliary equipment, for approximately $50.6 million. The Company has substantially completed construction of expanded facilities consisting of approximately 27,800 square feet of additional controlled environment within existing properties and is expected to complete approximately 55,000 square feet of new warehouse space within the second quarter of 2021. The estimated cost of the controlled environment within existing properties is $6.5 million. The new warehouse space is estimated to cost $5.8 million. The cost of the controlled environment will be funded by the U.S. government under the TIA, while the cost of the new warehouse will be funded by the Company.

15. TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

Effective July 1, 2020, the Company entered into the TIA with the U.S. government. The principal purpose of the TIA is to fund the expansion of the Company’s manufacturing capacity for hypodermic safety needles and corresponding syringes in response to the worldwide COVID-19 global pandemic. The award is an expenditure-type TIA, whereby the U.S. government will make payments to the Company for the Company’s expenditures for equipment and supplies in carrying out the expansion of the Company’s domestic production. The Company’s contributions under the terms of the TIA to enhance domestic capacity of pandemic-essential technology include providing facilities, technical expertise, labor, and maintenance of the TIA-funded equipment for a ten-year term.

As of March 31, 2021, the Company had negotiated contracts for the purchase of automated assembly equipment, molds, and molding equipment, as well as portions of auxiliary equipment, for approximately $50.6 million. The Company has substantially completed construction of expanded facilities consisting of approximately 27,800 square feet of additional controlled environment within existing properties and is expected to complete approximately 55,000 square feet of new warehouse space within the second quarter of 2021. The estimated cost of the controlled environment within existing properties is $6.5 million. The new warehouse space is estimated to cost $5.8 million. The cost of the controlled environment will be funded by the U.S. government under the TIA, while the cost of the new warehouse will be funded by the Company.