TeleChem International, Inc. recognized for quality performance
Richmond, VA - TeleChem International, Inc. was honored by the Defense Supply Center Richmond as
one of the government's best supplier's at an Automated Best Value System award ceremony held
during the center's annual business conference. Denise Richmond accepted the silver medal from
the commander of the supply center, Rear Admiral Mark A. Young. "This recognition means that we have provided a product line the government can be confident in using," stated Richmond. TeleChem International, Inc. supplies industrial chemicals and microarray products and services to the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, Center for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration,
and other government agencies.
Firms that qualify as Automated Best Value System medalists have met stringent quality and delivery requirements established by the Defense Logistics Agency. The Automated Best Value System is a computerized system that collects a vendor's past performance data and translates it into a numeric score, ranging from zero to a perfect 100. To be eligible, vendors must have shipped 10 or more contract lines for Defense Supply Center Richmond during a twelve-month rating period. To qualify for a gold medal, the contractor must have had a perfect score of 100. A score of 99.0 through 99.9 earned a silver, and those vendors with scores ranging from a 98.0 through 98.9 were awarded bronze medals. The supply center, located in Richmond, VA, purchases more than 900,000 items used by the military and other government agencies.
