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Technical Communities and IET Labs Sign Exclusive Government Services Partnership
Partnership helps government users, military personnel, and federal contractors save taxpayer money when buying technical equipment
SAN BRUNO, CA and WESTBURY, NY, September 16, 2008 — IET Labs, Inc., a manufacturer of manual and programmable standards, substituters, and instruments for calibration, test, measurement and metrology applications, announced today a new exclusive government services partnership agreement with Technical Communities, leading service provider for technical organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, military organizations, and prime federal contractors.
The agreement authorizes Technical Communities to provide IET Lab products, including capacitance decade box, precision variable capacitor, megohmmeters, capacitance resistance and voltage standards.
"Making our products available through GSA significantly improves the ease at which governmental agencies can procure IET products," says Benjamin Sheena, Vice President of Sales, IET Labs. "There is no better partner in the Test and Measurement world to assist us in getting our products on GSA schedule than Technical Communities."
"Technical Communities is excited to offer the federal government an even broader array of technical products," said Peter Ostrow, President and CEO of Technical Communities. "Our goal is to continue to optimize the GSA buying and selling experience for organizations such as IET Labs."
IET Labs products are under General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) managed by Technical Communities, which will provide content, transaction, marketing, sales support, and reporting services around them. Technical Communities also will provide presentation and order processing through the GSA's e-commerce web site, www.gsaadvantage.gov, and the company's on-line marketplaces: www.gsamart.com, www.testmart.com, and www.navicpmart.com.
About Technical Communities
Technical Communities, Inc. is the premier one-stop service solution for technical organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, military organizations, and prime federal contractors. We use our contract management expertise and powerful technology solutions to enable organizations to more effectively manage sales, marketing and procurement - which lowers costs, saves time and reduces risks. The company, with offices in the California's Silicon Valley and the Washington, DC area, is owner and operator of ecommerce properties www.gsamart.com, www.testmart.com, www.navicpmart.com and www.eurekaspot.com. Online content-focused sites include www.govcontractsmagazine.com and www.testequipmentmagazine.com. For more information, visit www.technicalcommunities.com.
About IET Labs
IET Labs has become the world's standard in metrology, offering the world's most stable and accurate Resistance, Capacitance, and Inductance Standards and Bridges. In the year 2000, IET Labs acquired the GenRad standards, decade box, audio and strobe product lines and in the year 2006, IET acquired the GenRad Digibridge and Megohmmeter line and now continues to service and support these "In the Genrad Tradition..."
