WHEN: Friday, Feb.
The conferences will be held on April 19, 2005, at Schoolcraft College,
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The ESGR will also recognize the Military Spouse Corporate
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WHERE: Spectrum Center, 5080 Spectrum Drive (Belt Line Road at the
Dallas North Tollway), Dallas, Texas - 1st Floor Conference
Center

WHO: Sen.

DLA provides supply support, and technical and logistics services to the
U., The Merchants Company of
Hattiesburg , Miss.

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REMINDER/U.S. Department of Defense To Recognize Dallas Employer for Support of National Guard and Reserve at VIP Ceremony

The primary focus for
these conferences is on finding manufacturers and distributors.
The DLA and U.

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S. Army Small Business Office, Department of
Veterans Affairs , Schoolcraft College Procurement Technical Assistance Center,
and Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center, will host the 2nd Annual
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Conferences in an effort to
increase the number of service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
manufacturers and distributors doing business with DLA and the U., and Clayton,
Ala. More information about DLA is available at http://www.

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DLA provides supply support, and technical and logistics services to the
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WHAT: The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and
Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense agency , will recognize
Concentra Inc.S.S., with sites around the world, the agency is the one
source for nearly every consumable item, whether for combat readiness,
emergency preparedness or day-to -day operations.

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Business Alliance Awards ceremony in Springfield, Va. The company must have also
demonstrated overall excellence in superior product quality, on-time delivery ,
superior customer service, reliability, dependability, consistency and
accuracy. In addition , the company
provided the same high level of service to the All-American Task Force, Marine
Expeditionary Unit and American Red Cross in support of military and civilian
evacuees in the hurricane-afflicted area.

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m. Service-Disabled and/or
Veteran-Owned small manufacturers or distributors should attend the conference
nearest them in order to meet with a DLA or U. For more information regarding the DLA conferences,
please contact Aggie Gallagher at 703-767-1654.
Merchants received the Outstanding Readiness Support Award in the small
business category. The award is presented to large, small, small disadvantaged
and-or women-owned small businesses that have provided extraordinary customer
support , service or product directly to a crisis., the agency is the one source for nearly every consumable
item, whether for combat readiness, emergency preparedness or day-to-day
operations.

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for Friday (Concentra Inc. as Dallas/Fort Worth's first "5-Star Employer"
in a VIP ceremony featuring U. Hutchison, Concentra CEO Dan Thomas, National ESGR
Executive Director Bob Hollingsworth , and Major General
(Retired) Elvin Schofield, Texas ESGR Chairman, will lead the
ceremony. Army, as well as, provide a vehicle for developing relationships
between SDVOSB firms and DLA/Army buying activities.dla. While in the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Merchants provided an
uninterrupted level of service to DSCP customers.

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DLA
Director Vice Admiral Keith W.

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, was among the award recipients when the Defense Logistics
Agency honored 18 industry partners, customers and individuals Jan.

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Army.
Overall, the Business Alliance Awards recognize those who have
demonstrated outstanding efforts to partner with DLA and improve the agency's
mission -- providing supplies and services to America's war fighters.

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Army are also participating in The National Veteran Small
Business Conference, June 20-22, 2005 , in Las Vegas.

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, and May 19, 2005 at Georgia Tech, Atlanta.S. FORT BELVOIR, Va.
The agency 's primary role is to provide supplies and services to America's
military services worldwide and includes managing more than 4 million
consumable items, including rations, medical supplies and equipment , clothing
and textiles, and repair parts for land, sea and air weapons systems and
platforms.

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REMINDER. Army representative.

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. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.
The conferences will help educate SDVOSB on doing business with DLA and
the U.
Online Registration for DLA's conferences and information regarding The
National Veterans Small Business Conference can be found at:
http://www. military services and several federal civilian agencies.

This section will provide links to sites which examine the possibilities, mechanisms and results of technology transfer from the military to the civilian arena and, where appropriate, vice versa.

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The ceremony will include a military color guard.

Defense Logistics Agency Recognizes The Merchants Company

The company has distribution warehouses in Jackson, Miss.

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The Merchants Company is a Defense Supply Center Philadelphia subsistence
prime vendor contractor, recognized for outstanding support to DSCP's
Mississippi and Louisiana customers, and for additional requirements during
the Hurricane Katrina and Rita relief efforts.

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