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Force 3 Wins three blanket purchase agreements for acquisition contracts

By TechTaffy Desk

Force 3, a Sirius Computer Solutions Company, have won blanket purchase agreements (BPA) under three separate government-wide acquisition contracts (GWACs): CIO-CS, GSA and SEWP V.

Awarded by the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI), the new BPAs are part of a greater, ongoing federal initiative to standardize the government procurement process. Force 3 already provided laptops, desktops and other technologies—like, security solutions—to federal agencies under the original CIO-CS, GSA and SEWP V contracts. Through the BPAs, Force 3 can now also support large-volume orders.

[Image courtesy: Force 3]

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