HELP CONTRACT)Homeland Equipment and Laboratory Products Contract • March 9th, 2006 • Arkansas
This contract was developed and is administered by the Arkansas Office of State Procurement. The intent in establishing a multi-state contract was to combine purchasing volume with other States to realize competitive pricing. Your facility should receive lower costs for the products you have been purchasing in the past, while also having a selection of vendors. Your facility will be able to order and track your orders online as well as research product specifications, print literature, and perform pricing comparisons between similar products by different manufacturers. The contract has many other conveniences that will greatly assist your agency. This contract will allow your agency to make business decisions to use multiple vendors including; VWR International, Fisher Scientific, or OraSure (primarily this company manufacturers a rapid HIV testing kit.) The contract was developed to best fit the needs of each facility. The pricing is firm or better during the annual contract to assist
