Press Release
SSI Awarded a Five-Year Contract by the United States General Services Administration (GSA).
Washington, DC, October 10, 2008 – Storage Strategies, Inc. (SSI) has been awarded a five-year contract (GS-35F-0017V) by the United States General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA Schedule is a government-wide procurement vehicle that provides streamlined access to specialized industry partners, with established reputations, who have consistently demonstrated the ability to deliver world-class solutions at a “fair and competitive” price. The GSA Schedule is the preferred method of purchasing goods and services for most government buyers.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government’s total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 170,000 vehicles. GSA also is a steward of more than 420 historic properties and is the manager of FirstGov.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services.
GSA’s mission is to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and e-travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allowing federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
SSI President Steve Mackie said, "We are extremely pleased to have received this GSA award". “The GSA schedule award enables us to further expand our reach within the federal, state and local government marketplace and simplifies the government purchasing procedure for our services."
About Storage Strategies, Inc. SSI, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVO) Small Business, is an independent data storage management consulting and engineering firm that provides information technology leaders and organizations with data storage expertise to enable them economically manage rapidly growing information assets while meeting operational user needs.
SSI brings an independent, vendor agnostic view of data storage engineering and consulting services to the $25 billion a year data storage services market. SSI offers a full range of storage engineering services including enterprise storage strategy and architecture development; service level development and implementation; data storage management assessments; data backup and recovery assessments; disaster recovery and continuity of operations planning; solution installation, integration, and implementation; and on-site engineering and infrastructure operations and maintenance.
For more information or to contact the firm please call corporate headquarters at Tel: (703) 451-1860 Fax: (703) 635-2806 or via e-mail info@ssihq.net
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