Forty qualitative interviews conducted in the aftermath of the COVID-19 public health crisis with U.S. contract managers involved in purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE). The data was collected by Eric Boyer via telephone and Zoom interviews solicited from NASPO, Becker's Hospital Review, and professional associations. The interviews address perceived risks and solutions in critical supply acquisition.
Use Cases
- Analyzing perceived risks in critical supply acquisition based on qualitative interview responses.
- Studying the role of contractor relationships in supply chain analysis based on themes from the interviews.
- Investigating verification of contractor-provided information based on themes from the interviews.
Strengths
- Forty interviews provide a substantive qualitative sample.
- Participants were purposefully selected from authoritative sources, including NASPO and Becker's Hospital Review.
- All respondents demonstrated first-hand experience purchasing PPE in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The data is qualitative, limiting quantitative analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- QDR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Qualitative research interviews conducted via telephone and Zoom.
- Time Range
- Immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 public health crisis.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-20 19:58:58; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United States