Partnership helps government users, military personnel, and federal contractors save taxpayer money when buying technical equipment
SAN BRUNO, CA and THOUSAND OAKS, CA, APRIL 16, 2007 — TestEquity, a leading manufacturer of environmental chambers, announced today a new partnership agreement with Technical Communities, the premier one-stop service solution for technical organizations that sell to U.S. government agencies, military organizations, and prime federal contractors. Technical Communities is the owner and operator of GSAMart, TestMart, NAVICPMart and EurekaSpot.
The agreement authorizes Technical Communities to present a catalog of benchtop and floor standing environmental chambers – including the world’s smallest Half Cube temperature chamber. Product test range is from as low as -73°C to +175°C, with inside volumes of 0.5 Cu Ft and 1.5 Cu Ft. Operating from 120V, they are self-contained and do not require LN2 or CO2. Also included in the agreement are forced air ovens.
“We are excited to have the only products of their kind available on GSA through Technical Communities” said Peter Kesselman, VP Product Marketing of TestEquity LLC. “Authorized buyers now have the ability to easily purchase our most popular sizes of environmental test chambers, with fast delivery from stock.”
“Including TestEquity in the TestMart product offering provides us with the opportunity to offer the federal government an even broader array of high quality instrumentation,” said Peter Ostrow, President and CEO of TestMart. “US government users and buyers will continue to have an easy way to search and procure the highest quality items that are compliant with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FARs).”
TestEquity 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 though the GSA’s e-commerce web site, www.gsaadvantage.gov, and the company’s own online marketplaces,www.testmart.com and www.gsamart.com.
About TestEquity
Based in Thousand Oaks, California, TestEquity manufactures environmental chambers with latest advances in refrigeration, insulation, metal fabrication and microprocessor controller technologies for improved performance and reliability. The company’s engineers solved many of the performance, reliability and user interface issues that have affected the industry for years. TestEquity makes the process of purchasing a chamber easy by including the most frequently requested options in a standard unit for one price, with fast delivery from stock.