[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Swedesboro-based Thomas Scientific entered into a five-year agreement with the city and county of San Francisco as a strategic supplier of laboratory products and services, the company announced Dec. 2.

The award was granted as the result of a formal bid solicitation.

It’s the second recent deal, this one on the heels of a similar five-year award with Florida State University in early November.

“The City and County of San Francisco was seeking to contract with a laboratory products distributor with the goal of establishing a ‘one-stop’ supplier for many different departments,” stated Lewis McMillan, director of government sales at Thomas Scientific. “Our award extends the full product offering of Thomas Scientific to these government customers.”

The company had four acquisitions under the Thomas Scientific umbrella during 2017-2018, including life science distributors Phenix Research Products and E&K Scientific. With the full integration of these four companies in 2019, Thomas Scientific now stands as North America’s largest pure-play distributor of scientific products, thus improving its ability to provide customers with access to the products and brands they want.

“Our Sales and Category Management teams have worked together to continually build-off of our industry leading product portfolio, attracting customers like the City and County of San Francisco (and Florida State University). Thomas Scientific plays a very strategic and important role for our customers and suppliers by delivering significant value through our capabilities and expertise as North America’s largest pure-play distributor,” said Thomas Scientific Chief Operating Officer Stan Haas in a prepared statement. “We appreciate the confidence that our customer and supplier partners continue to have in Thomas, as we all pursue success together in serving science.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]