Compuadd moves up to the first tier; with a Pentagon contract and a booming corporate business, this clone maker stands tall

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Compuadd Corp is a lean and streamlined economical operation that prides itself on low prices and good service. The company's bureaucratic structures are minimized so that Compuadd can act quickly to take advantage of opportunities. For example, when the Department of Defense needed $21 million of desktop and laptop computers for use in the Persian Gulf, Compuadd employees worked around the clock to meet a military deadline. More recently, on Friday, Nov 15, 1991, the Defense Department awarded Compuadd a contract for 300,000 microcomputers, one of the largest such contract awards ever made. By Monday morning, Compuadd's operations were entirely reconfigured and ready to begin work on the government's order. Compuadd's chairman and CEO, Bill Hayden, does not intend to make the same mistake of underestimating lean, hungry up-and-coming companies that others have made about his company. Compuadd has spun off a new organization called Compuadd Express which will supply no-frills microcomputers to users who do not need support services.

Management, Computer industry, Company Profile, United States. Department of Defense, Spinoffs (Corporate), Compatibility (Computers), Compatible Hardware, Management Style, Outlook, Spinoff Company, CompuAdd Express

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Apple protests government contract

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Apple Computer Inc protests the Desktop IV contract for microcomputers, which was awarded to two small companies, Compuadd Corp and Sysorex Information Systems Inc. The billion-dollar contract is for 300,000 microcomputers. Apple has filed a protest with the General Services Administration's Board of Contract Appeals. Apple says that the Air Force Standard Systems Center, where the contract was evaluated, disqualified 20 of 22 companies that submitted bids. The Air Force Standard Systems Center declines to comment.

Computer integrated systems design, Computers, peripherals & software, Cases, AAPL, United States. General Services Administration, Apple Inc., Competitive Bidding, United States. Air Force. Standard Systems Center, Sysorex Information Systems Inc.

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