SAN DIEGO, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Crossflo Systems, Inc., a Patriot Scientific company (OTC Bulletin Board: PTSC), announced today that it has been awarded a United States General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Information Technology (IT-70) contract to offer selected products and services including its Crossflo DataExchange(R) software solutions.

The GSA schedule enables federal government agencies to purchase products and services from approved Schedule holders conveniently and efficiently at pre-negotiated rates. Approval for the supplier requires an extensive and rigorous screening process to ensure that a company can provide both superior quality and competitive pricing. Suppliers who wish to do business with over 1,000 U.S. government agencies can use this schedule as a means to facilitate and streamline the procurement process.

"Inclusion on the GSA Schedule will strengthen our ability to provide mandated data-sharing capabilities to federal government agencies as the need for the secure and practical sharing of information has become critical. In addition, those agencies now receiving significant new funding to respond to those priorities will have a simple and accelerated process to access the Crossflo solutions," said Renney Senn, Crossflo's president. "We plan to expand our presence on the GSA schedule as we acquire additional technology to offer our customers in the federal government."

The GSA schedule is one of the most widely accepted government contract vehicles available to procurement officers. GSA schedule is a five-year contract listing the prices the federal government has agreed to pay for a vendor's commercial products and services. By pre-negotiating prices and providing impeccable references in advance, the supplier has cleared a significant portion of the hurdles that face vendors wishing to do business with government agencies. The contract may be renewed for three five-year periods resulting in a 20-year contract if all renewals are executed.