CDW-G Partners with Betis Group to Deliver Integrated Solutions to the U.S. Air Force's Air Education and Training Command
Agreement Underlines Strength of CDW-G's Small Business Partner Consortium in Amplifying the Success of its 8(a) and HUBZone Partners
Herndon, VA - March 21, 2005 - CDW Government, Inc. (CDW-G), the government and education subsidiary of CDW Corporation [Nasdaq: CDWC] and leading supplier of brand-name Information Technology (IT) products and services to governments and educators, today announced that it has partnered with Betis Group, Inc., an 8(a) and HUBZone certified small business, on a 10-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Air Force's Air Education and Training Command.
Under the BPA, the Arlington, Va.-based Betis Group will supply the Air Education and Training Command with end-to-end support services, in addition to best-in-class hardware, software and network components provided by CDW-G. The BPA has no ceiling value.
The Air Education and Training Command is one of the Air Force's largest commands, with 13 bases in the United States having more than 66,000 active-duty members and 15,000 civilians. Located on Randolph Air Force Base outside of San Antonio, Texas, the command is responsible for training and educating airmen in basic and advanced military training, including flight school.
Under the agreement, Betis Group can provide a broad range of products, services and integrated solutions, including strategic planning, project management, network engineering and software development. Partnering with CDW-G, Betis Group will have the ability to offer the Air Education and Training Command more than 100,000 products, including top IT brands from more than 1,400 manufacturers. In addition, Betis Group will leverage CDW-G's more than 24,000 square feet of ISO 9001:2000-certified integration capacity, enabling the small business to rapidly process, test and manage staged deployments of any size.
Betis Group is a member of CDW-G's Small Business Partner Consortium, which was established in 2003 to help small businesses win IT contracts with federal, state and local government agencies by allowing the small businesses to use CDW-G's e-commerce, service and distribution capabilities. Each of the 18 federal consortium members can bid for government contracts with CDW-G as a part of its team. As a member of CDW-G's Small Business Partner Consortium, Betis Group is able to provide federal agencies with the flexibility to purchase from a small, disadvantaged business while benefiting from the support of a Fortune 500 company.
"The small business consortium allows us to leverage CDW-G's experienced sales force and past performance, in addition to its enterprise-level configuration and staged shipment capacity," said Hernán Cortés, Betis Group president. "It gives us the opportunity to amplify our expertise and strong customer focus with best-in-class technology, as well as the best e-commerce and operational infrastructure in the market."
"The Small Business Partner Consortium is a win for small businesses, for their federal, state and local government customers and for CDW-G," said Kevin Adams, CDW-G vice president of program management. "Small businesses have the opportunity to leverage the solutions breadth and operational capacity of CDW-G. They attain small-business contracting goals, and CDW-G expands its strong relationships in the government market."
CDW-G partners with leading IT companies to deliver more than 100,000 products featuring top IT brands from over 1,400 manufacturers, providing public-sector customers with best-in-class products and solutions.
About CDW-G
A wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation (NASDAQ: CDWC), a FORTUNE 500 company, CDW Government (CDW-G) is a trusted technology advisor to federal, state and local government agencies, as well as to educational institutions at all levels. CDW-G offers best-in-class technology products and services from top-name brands such as APC, Cisco, IBM, Sony, Symantec, Toshiba and ViewSonic. For more information about CDW-G product offerings, procurement options, service and solutions, call 1.800.863.4239, or visit the CDW-G Web site at CDWG.com.
About the CDW-G Small Business Partner Consortium
Vendors go through a competitive bidding process to be selected for the consortium. Successful bidders sign an annual CDW-G partnership contract that is not limited to any specific project. As the small businesses pursue an opportunity, they work directly with the customer and involve CDW-G when they need products to support their service engagements or when they want to offer their customers CDW-G's many value-adding offerings, such as custom PC configuration, asset-tagging services, and the CDW-G Software License Tracker - a Web-based software license management tool. CDW-G also refers business to member companies and conducts sales and marketing activities with the consortium members.
About Betis Group, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Betis Group, Inc. offers technology products and provides network and systems engineering, information assurance, enterprise management and training services. It has been certified by the Small Business Administration as an 8(a) and HUBZone small, disadvantaged business and currently holds a Top Secret facility clearance. Its clients include the departments of Defense, Transportation, Homeland Security and Justice. Headquartered in Arlington, Va., privately held Betis Group also operates from Cape Charles, Va., to support its Defense and Homeland Security clients in the Tidewater region of Virginia. It is now in the process of opening an office in San Antonio, Texas, in direct support of AETC. Betis Group has also acquired Global Computer Training in Springfield, Va., to offer training services to the federal sector. Call 1.866.752.3847, or visit the Betis Group Web site at BETIS.com.
About CDW
Additional information can be found by visiting CDW.com.
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