Partnership helps government users, military personnel, and federal contractors save taxpayer money when buying test equipment
SAN BRUNO, CA and LOS ANGELES, CA, April 3, 2006 — ACME Portable Machines, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of integrated portable computers announced today a new partnership agreement with Technical Communities, Inc. Technical Communities, the leading marketplace operator and service provider for the IT, network maintenance and test and measurement industry will provide a full product catalog and government marketplace services to better serve and expand ACME’s federal customer channel.
The agreement authorizes Technical Communities to present a catalog of ACME’s rugged computers and workstations, portable laptops (lunchbox portables), hardy keyboards, rackmount computers and keyboards, and flat panel displays to be made available specifically to the U.S. government and military markets. ACME portable computers perform above average portables in applications such as data acquisition and LAN/WAN telecommunication signal analysis. The computers are used in manufacturing, medical diagnostic and aerospace applications.
“ACME Portable Machines adds reliable new products to Technical Communities’s growing Federal GSA Schedule 70 offerings to the U.S. government,” said Peter Ostrow, President and CEO of Technical Communities. “The new rugged, portable machines allow government users and buyers of FSC70 equipment alternatives in the search and procurement of the most respected brands under GSA contract that are compliant with the federal Competition in Contracting Act (CICA).”
“This agreement with Technical Communities allows ACME Portable Machines to offer our federal customers an easy way to search and procure our equipment,” said Max Lee, Sales Director of Acme Portable Machines. “Technical Communities will also provide visibility to new potential U.S. government customers.”
ACME products are under General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) managed by Technical Communities, who will provide content, transaction, marketing, sales support and reporting services around them. Technical Communities also will provide presentation and order processing though the GSA’s e-commerce website, www.gsaadvantage.gov and the company’s marketplacewww.usa.testmart.com.