PPE Assistance
COVID Recovery Initiative
COVID Recovery Initiative
Personal Protection Equipment Assistance This program aims to assist small and medium manufacturers (SMMs) in forecasting their demand for PPE, maximizing PPE use, identifying and qualifying PPE suppliers, selecting an appropriate online supplier directory to direct them to, and communicating the optimal buying channels for them. As part of the PPE maximization effort, we will also provide project subsidies to ten NYS manufacturers and high-technologies companies that are focused on technologies and processes around PPE maximization (cleaning and sanitizing technologies) to assist them with scaling their businesses.
Non-Medical Personal Protective Equipment* (PPE) Survey
 With a 30+ year record of helping companies succeed, our team also has a deep understanding of opportunities and challenges that are unique to New York City. Our services are affordable as we receive support from the Empire State Development, the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology as well as New York City Economic Development Corporation.
Program Features
PPE Self-Assessment & Demand Forecasting Tool
Looking for an easy way to determine what type of PPE you need, forecast required quantities, and manage your PPE inventory?
Learn about the intuitive PPE Self-Assessment & Forecasting Tool that we have developed for the manufacturing community. Our diagnostic tool will help you easily identify and manage your PPE needs and inventory.
Scaling PPE Manufacturing Businesses Grants
Are you a NYS PPE manufacturer in need of technical assistance to help scale PPE production? If so, please apply asap as $10,000 grants are available to help you scale your operations!
This NYMEP PPE grant program was created to fund select businesses across NYS to support their scaling needs. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis while funds remain available, starting March 1, 2021.
Demand Optimization & Supplier Identification
Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability (NYS P2I) will review the most promising PPE cleaning practices, sanitization technologies, sustainable PPE designs, and ideas targeting re-use and companies that can supply PPE (including those that have pivoted to meet the current demand) and provide recommendations as to which ones are most promising. The NYS P2I will also evaluate and recommend sustainable PPE.
Procurement Models & Logistics
Finally, this program will collect insights as to how and where SMMs are currently purchasing Personal Protective Equipment and Supplies, and the volume of PPE that is expected to be purchased. The goal is to coordinate better logistics and pricing with frequently used suppliers and estimate the demand which might be aggregated for group purchasing to save companies valuable money and time.
