True" The broadcast is now starting. All attendees are in listen-only mode. Good afternoon, welcome to the statewide contract webinar for Mel and equipment. My name is Beverly Alexander and I am the IT category manager for the Department of Administrative Services. Before we get started with the presentation, I would just like to take a second to discuss the format. Jr. Richardson, who is our DOAs technical expert, is here and he's available to guide us through this webinar if we experience any technical problems. Please be aware of the help desk number that you received with the invite. If you have any problems, please call JR and he will assist you. We will have time at the end of the presentation for questions. However, if you have a question during the presentation, please feel free to go ahead and submit that through the application. This webinar is scheduled to last for about an hour. If we do not have time to answer all of your questions, please be assured your questions will be answered after the webinar. We'll get back in touch with you. The purpose of this webinar is to explain the purpose of a contract, list the specific details related to the statewide contract, review the benefits, list the steps that you would follow to find the statewide contract on the SPD website, review the statewide contract products and services, introduce the suppliers, and review the frequently asked questions related to the statewide contract. Now, the purpose of the statewide contract for Mel and equipment is to reduce overall mental equipment costs to state entities. In doing so, the contract offers specific product categories, which you can see listed here: milling machines, mill opener, mill and surgery folding equipment, Mel bursters, mill related software systems, filling machines, electronic scales,...