How a Utah company won â then lost â a $26.5 million pandemic contract in Tennessee The State of Utah has also paid nearly $10 million to the company How a Utah company won â then lost â a $26.5 million pandemic contract in Tennessee By: FOX 13 News and last updated 2020-12-18 17:12:51-05 SALT LAKE CITY â Tennessee lawmakers are asking questions about millions paid to a Utah company who received a no-bid contract to provide COVID-19 testing and personal protective equipment at the start of the pandemic. The Volunteer State paid $5.9 million to Nomi Health, which is based in Orem, Utah. It was supposed to be $26.5 million, but Tennessee terminated the contract early over concerns of whether Nomi could deliver what it had promised, according to an investigation by FOX 13âs sister station, WTVF in Nashville.