- Peppermint
flavored rough riders?
- WA to
spend $230,000 for condoms
- OLYMPIA (Monday
5-25-99)---Kathleen M. Haskett, state procurement
officer, will release bid invitations next week for a
whole bunch of condoms.
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- One calculation
sets the buy at 800,000 of the stretchy little things,
which will be "ribbed" no
less.
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- Bids will be
opened at 10 a.m. June 1 at the Office of State
Procurement, General Administration Building, Rm. 201,
at the corner of 11th Street and Columbia Avenue in
Olympia.
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- The state will
contract with the winning rubber maker to purchase an
estimated $230,000 worth between July 1, and June 30,
2000. Contracts may be extended for six years, to
2005.
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- Bidders will be
required to provide, over the length of the yearlong
contract, the equivalent of:
- 3 cases of
non-lubricated model 5744
- 18 cases of
non-lubricated model 5700
- 20 cases of
mint-flavored, non-lubricated
"Kiss
of Mint"
- 10 cases of
Rough
Riders.
- 187 cases of
extra-strength lubricated model
6100
- 162 cases of
extra-strength lubricated model
5900
- 40 cases of
spermicidally lubricated model
5544
- 184 cases of
spermicidally lubricated model
5500
- 114 cases of
assorted colors, lubricated, model
5300
- 63 cases of
assorted colors lubricated, model
6000
- Haskett said the
numbers of cases (1000 rubbers per case) needed are
based on past amounts of rubbers used by the state in
earlier contracts.
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- Companies
submitting bids need to show their products are
readily available on the shelves of Washington
businesses.
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- WA rubber buyers
include the Dept. of Social and Health Services,
Jails, and Veterans Affairs. She said condoms are
given to recipients to "encourage safer sex."
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- If you make
rubbers, you can call Hasket at (360) 902-7438 to
chat. Or q
email her if you're in a hurry. If you don't make
rubbers, you can call her
anyway.
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