Acting as a clearinghouse for emergency medical supply acquisitions, the Department of Defense said Wednesday that a structure was now in place to make purchases in the domestic COVID-19 response, but no signed contracts could be confirmed.

“We are working very hard to make sure that we have a system to process all of this,” said Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen Lord, who oversees a “joint acquisition task force” to manage demand signals from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services for medical supplies like ventilators, masks, swabs, and coronavirus test kits.