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eMED Receives TXMAS Contract Award

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

texaseMED is glad to announce Monday that they now currently have the Texas State Contract for Defibrillators (TXMAS Contract # TXMAS-8-65IIA020).

The Texas Procurement and Support Services (TPASS) has established, as an alternative purchasing method, the use of Texas Multiple Award Schedule (TXMAS) contracts that have been developed from contracts that have been competitively awarded by the federal government or any other governmental entity of any state. As the responsible federal entity, the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Supply Service awards Federal Supply Schedule contracts by competitive procurement procedures for more than 50 schedules that cover multiple commodities and services. The prices reflected on GSA schedule contracts are the most favored customer (MFC) prices and the maximum price allowable. TXMAS contracts take advantage of the MFC pricing and under certain circumstances, an agency or local government entity, may negotiate a lower price for the goods or services offered on a schedule contract. A “best value” purchase can be made by following the TXMAS purchasing procedures.

Automated Defibrillators to be in Every Little Rock High School

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Every Little Rock high school will have an AED starting Monday. Eight of these medical devices will be donated in honor of 17-year-old Parkview basketball player Antony Hobbs who died on the court in January. The Antony Hobbs Project was started to raise awareness about the importance of having AED’s in every Arkansas school, especially during athletic events. Organizers say they won’t stop until that happens. Arkansas lawmakers are considering a proposal to make it mandatory for all schools to have an AED. If you would like more information on the project, you can email Hobbsproject@yahoo.com or write to P.O. Box 22895, Little Rock, AR 72221. Organizers say a website is also in the works. To see a video link of this story please click below

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