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OtterBase Will Provide Information Technology Contract Services to All Departments, Including Ann Arbor and Extension Campuses, Medical School and Hospital
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., September 7, 2006 –OtterBase, a leading supplemental staffing company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., recently was selected to the University of Michigan (U-M) Strategic Supplier Program.
Under the status of a strategic supplier, OtterBase is approved to provide Information Technology (IT) supplemental staffing support to all University-affiliated departments, including the main campus in Ann Arbor; Medical School and Health System; Dearborn and Flint branch campuses; and M-Care, the University health care provider.
OtterBase was one of five vendors selected for the IT division of the Strategic Supplier Program. OtterBase became an approved vendor for the University of Michigan in 2000. The Strategic Supplier Program narrows the number of previously-approved vendors from 90 down to five strategic suppliers for U-M IT contract staffing services.
“OtterBase is honored to be chosen as a strategic supplier for the University of Michigan and its health care system – one of the most respected systems in the country. We value our past relationship with U-M and look forward to helping the University meet all of its IT staffing requirements,” said Jeff Bennett, OtterBase Co-Founder & President.
In the past six years, OtterBase has provided supplemental staffing support to a number of areas, including the University Hospital’s help desk and the U-M Health System Medical Center Information Technology Department (MCIT).
To date, OtterBase has placed more than 60 contractors at U-M, of those 15 contractors have become permanent staff members. The placements have included .Net developers, network administrators, quality analysts (QA) and performance engineers.
OtterBase provides supplemental staffing support to a variety of industries, including Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Education, Government, Health Care, Energy and Utilities, Finance and Banking, Furniture, Human Resources, Information Technology, Insurance, Legal Services, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals and Biomedical, Food Services and Processing, Retail and Marketing and Advertising.
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