2-6-2007: Sustainment Technologies Announces GSA Contract Award
Bryan, Texas. Sustainment Technologies, Inc., (STI) announced notification of award of a major contract from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Officials from the GSA notified STI that it had been awarded GSA Logistics World Contract # GS-10F-0135T, for Federal Supply Schedule 874 V, a contract that specializes in providing maintenance, supply and logistics services to all federal government agencies. “This contract is a new GSA schedule contract, and represents a huge step forward for STI. The GSA is very careful as to who they award their contracts to, and we are honored we were selected.”, said Mr. Edward Torres, President and CEO of STI. “This contract will be key in marketing STI’s products and services to government clients”.
The contract is a 20 year long contract and is available on-line to federal buyers on the GSA Advantage website, https://gsaadvantage.gov/ and on the GSA Schedules E-Library (http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ ). These websites will include STI’s online catalog and rates and make the information available to all U.S. government purchasing officers. STI will be able to offer its maintenance and management services to its government clients using this contract.
In addition, the contract includes a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) feature, which assists Contracting Officers when there is a need for a wide variety of items, but the exact items and quantities and delivery requirements are not known in advance. It can also serve end users as a source of supply when they may not have the purchasing authority they need. “Use of a BPA can reduce the administrative burden of writing numerous purchase orders, and allows Contracting Officers to directly negotiate their own terms and conditions.”, according to Mr. Torres.
More information about Logistics World can be found at:
http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/gsa/ep/channelView.do?pageTypeId=8211&channelId=-13005
8-24-2005: Mentor-Protege Partnership Between Sustainment Technologies, Inc., and Encore Systems Approved By SBA
Bryan, Texas. Sustainment Technologies Inc., (STI) announced today that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved a Mentor/Protege partnership between STI and Encore Systems of San Antonio, Texas. Encore Systems is a provider of Information Technology, Business Support and Environmental Services solutions to the Department of Defense and a variety of government agencies.
"The partnership is a win-win for both companies and expands our capabilities to provide services to our customers", according Edward F. Torres, CEO of STI. "The program allows STI to deliver capabilities it normally would not have alone".
The SBA Mentor/Protégé program is designed to match large companies with companies that are certified as 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Encore Systems will provide support to STI, and the two companies will be permitted to team and/or joint venture on contracts as a small business concern.
2-17-2004: Sustainment Technologies Announces 8(a) Certification from the U.S. Small Business Administration
Bryan, Texas Sustainment Technologies Inc., (STI) announced today that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted STI 8(a) Certification, as a Minority-Owned Small Business. "This is a watershed event in our company history" according to Edward F. Torres, President and CEO of STI. "The SBA 8(a) Program is a critically important national program to develop small businesses, and we intend to be good stewards of this honor", said Torres. The SBA 8(a) Certification programs is an arduous application program that involves numerous documents and is only granted to those businesses that have a good track record in business, and utilize sound financial practices. To maintain this certification, a business must comply with SBA standards and practices, and be subject to quarterly and annual audits and any reviews the SBA feels is necessary. All federal contracts awarded under the 8(a) program must also be approved by the SBA, to ensure the business is currently in compliance. "It forces an integrity that only the best run businesses are willing to play along with", said Torres, "And we are happy and proud to be part of a program like that". STI, which is also a Texas HUB Certified and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business, was established in 1970 by Ignacio L. Torres, Edward's father.
7-1-2003: Sustainment Technologies Announces New Ownership
Bryan, Texas, Sustainment Technologies Inc., (STI) announced today that Torres & Associates, Inc., an architectural firm established in 1970, of San Antonio, Texas, has new ownership and a name change filed today by the Texas Secretary of State.
Edward F. Torres, President and CEO of STI, has assumed ownership of Torres & Associates, Inc., a firm that was founded by his father, Ignacio L. Torres, in 1970, in San Antonio, Texas. The firm is noted for participating in the design and planning of the San Antonio Riverwalk and for receiving numerous awards for design. Ignacio L. Torres is also noted as the creator of the name “Paseo Del Rio” for the Riverwalk.
Edward Torres, also an architect, has also changed the name of Torres & Associates to Sustainment Technologies Inc., to better reflect the new direction of the historic firm. “We are now dedicated to maintaining and sustaining our nation’s facilities and equipment investments”, Torres said. “Sustainment Technologies will employ the latest methods and technologies to improve existing maintenance services for our customers and clients”.
Products offered will include service contracts for medical and scientific equipment, on-site biomedical equipment maintenance, discounted parts procurement, and an on-line auction for decommissioned equipment. Future plans are to provide the similar services for facility plant operations equipment. “These services will provide ongoing cost saving service solutions for the third largest expense in healthcare today", Torres says. “We believe we are the only service providers in this industry that provides all these services in a single package”.
STI is certified as a Veteran & Minority Owned, 8(a) small business by the Small Business Administration, as well as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) by the State of Texas. STI has also recently signed a partnership agreement with Intellamed of Bryan, Texas.
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