| Offer government users greater access and money savings to laboratory instruments and solutions |
SAN BRUNO, CA and DURHAM, NC, JUNE 14, 2011 — Technical Communities, Inc., the company technical organizations who sell to the government rely on for proven go-to-market solutions to grow sales, lower costs and reduce risks, today announced a new government services partnership agreement with Tecan US, Inc., a leading provider of laboratory instruments and solutions in biopharmaceuticals, forensics, and clinical diagnostics.
The partnership agreement authorizes Technical Communities to distribute Tecan’s liquid handling and robotics products including Freedom EVO series and Freedom EVOlyzer; Tecan’s microplate readers including Infinite M1000, Infinite F500, Infinite 200 PRO and Sunrise; Tecan’s microplate washers including HydroFlex and HydroSpeed to US government organizations. More product information is available at tecan.gsamart.com.
“Tecan is pleased to be working with Technical Communities to offer our government customers more flexibility in how they purchase our instrumentation and workflow solutions,” said Peter Siesel, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Tecan US, Inc.
“Technical Communities is excited to offer the federal government Tecan’s highly-regarded line of efficient and flexible laboratory solutions,” said Peter Ostrow, President and CEO of Technical Communities. “With Tecan’s well-established reputation in the scientific community and Technical Communities’ expertise marketing and selling into the public sector, we plan on helping Tecan achieve greater reach into government purchasing organizations.”
Tecan 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 own online marketplaces,www.gsamart.com, www.testmart.com, and www.navicpmart.com.