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Fayetteville, North Carolina - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - September 28, 2005 - Web hosting provider, AIT, has launched a portal technology that opens billions of dollars in defense contracts to civilian vendors.

GovTide is a potential economic development engine that retains federal revenues and creates jobs by:
• Simplifying the bidding process for contract and qualified vendors
• Recruiting new industries who value proximity to military installations
• Creating an environment in which money stays in the communities where the projects are located
• Integrating military personnel and their dependents into the civilian workforce

The U.S. military spends about a quarter of a trillion dollars each year with civilian contractors for non-weapons needs ranging from textiles to furniture, from food contracts to professional services. GovTide matches registered vendors with defense procurement offices from the convenience of a desktop or laptop computer. The technology has been licensed to the North Carolina Military Business Center under the name of MatchForce.

”In a matter of months, contracts worth more than $1-billion have been posted in the database,” said Scott Dorney, the Center’s Executive Director. ”There is no guarantee, of course, that all of the contracts will be awarded to in-state businesses, but without this portal, I can guarantee that few of them would be.”

In fact, North Carolina’s interest stemmed from having the nation’s 4th-largest active-duty population but only a small percentage of defense contracts. It’s the same story in other communities with military ties – heavy dependence on retail and service business that rely on disposable income, businesses that are paralyzed during deployments. ”People read about the 7- and 8-figure contracts, but the services run on projects with much smaller price tags and those are projects local companies can compete for and win, if they’re aware of the opportunities,” said Clarence Briggs, AIT’s Chief Executive Officer and a former infantry officer. ”Communities don’t grow when dollars are spent with out-of-town contractors, and taxpayers lose when public contracting dollars are siphoned away.”

For further information, please visit: www.ait.com.