PRESS RELEASE

Type Subject: U.S. Agency for International Development Chooses CounterTrade to Fulfill Mobility and Desktop Needs

Monday, October 10, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Joe Boglino, 303-424-9710
jboglino@countertrade.com

Arvada, CO: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced last week that CounterTrade Products, Inc. was selected for a procurement contract valued at over $5 million dollars. The contract is crucial to the Agency�s technology refresh and upgrade goals. CounterTrade is responsible for providing USAID a wide variety of technology solutions from two leading manufacturers in the technology hardware industry: Lenovo and Apple.

By establishing this Blanket Purchasing Agreement (BPA), USAID hopes to limit the number of varying computing models and software within the agency. The BPA establishes a contract to provide standardized Windows and Mac computing procurement platforms to USAID personnel. By awarding CounterTrade, a company with over 26 years in fulfilling federal agency technology goals, USAID will have not only increased uniformity in their computing platforms, they will also receive superior asset management, lower Total Cost of Ownership and a compliant contractor

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capable of fulfilling the Agency�s overall technology environment objectives.

"Receiving an award for this contract exemplifies a main philosophy of our organization," explained Joe Boglino, VP of Sales. "CounterTrade focuses on sculpting solutions specific to the needs of a federal organization-regardless of brand. By receiving a contract for equipment from two very different manufacturers, it proves to the industry, and our existing clients, that we are dedicated to solutions based on objectives, not brand. We are loyal to our clients needs, as opposed to our manufacturer partner's needs."

CounterTrade expects the first order from this contract within the next few weeks

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If you are buying IT equipment and services, CounterTrade will quickly and accurately respond with a quote that is on a government contract and will give you SDB Woman-owned small business credits for the purchase. CounterTrade responds rapidly and accurately to get the items in your INBOX through to your OUTBOX. Our 24 years of Federal / State Government and Education experience can be relied on especially at critical times of the year. We answer the phone. We answer emails. We answer requests. Don't wait on a vendor. We are AT YOUR SERVICE. It is not the other way around.

Since 1985, Countertrade has helped organizations grow by supporting and fulfilling I.T. needs from desktop and servers to more complex network integration requirements such as the latest virtual network technologies and I.T. security products and services.

Our primary mission is to make your procurement SIMPLE. If you are a governmental organization needing product and services with accountability, we furnish parts, services, and maintenance through a variety of pre-competed, authorized Federal and State and Local contract vehicles.

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