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          PREFERRED VENDORS
        
        
          BTC -
        
        
          BTC, the Bahamas Telecommunications Compa-
        
        
          ny, is the primary telecommunications provider for the
        
        
          Bahamas, headquartered in Nassau, New Providence.
        
        
          The company is partly government-owned and offers
        
        
          telephone, internet, and wireless services. Since its
        
        
          creation in 1906, BTC has supported the advancement
        
        
          of the Bahamas’ competitive advantage in the interna-
        
        
          tional marketplace by developing and maintaining the
        
        
          most innovative, cost effective telecommunications
        
        
          solutions for its customers. There are currently 40 BTC
        
        
          retail stores throughout the entire Bahamas. In 2012,
        
        
          the first BTC franchise location was opened on the is-
        
        
          land of Grand Bahama. - 
        
        
        
          AVEM Water
        
        
          - Avem Water provides water transmis-
        
        
          sion, distribution, and collection product solutions
        
        
          from leading manufacturers in the waterworks indus-
        
        
          try.  The company stocks and distributes a complete
        
        
          line of waterworks and infrastructure products to meet
        
        
          the specification and quality demands of water author-
        
        
          ities, contractors, and developers throughout the Ca-
        
        
          ribbean and international markets. –
        
        
        
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          com
        
        
          Industrial Municipal Supply
        
        
          - Located in Geismar,
        
        
          Louisiana, Industrial Municipal Supply Company Inc.
        
        
          (IMSCO) is a worldwide wholesale distributor and
        
        
          supplier of Polyethylene/HDPE, PVC, and Ductile Iron
        
        
          pipe, valves, and fittings to industrial, landfill, oil field,
        
        
          dredge, and municipal customers. Its factory trained
        
        
          service technicians provide its clients with field fusion
        
        
          service, fusion certification, equipment repair, and
        
        
          special fabrication on site. In addition, its extensive
        
        
          fleet of fusion and installation equipment is available
        
        
          for rental. - 
        
        
        
          J.S. Steel & Supply
        
        
          - J.S. Steel & Supply’s fabrica-