Benzinga | Apr 21, 2021 09:09AM EDT

Forward Industries Subsidiary Intelligent Product Solutions Awarded Group Purchasing Agreement With Premier; Terms Not Disclosed

Intelligent Product Solutions, subsidiary of Forward Industries (NASDAQ:FORD) and award-winning product design and services firm, has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for the IT Consulting category, which includes software development services with Premier. As a supplier, IPS will offer its software development services to Premier's members, allowing them to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for software and IT services.



Premier is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of more than 4,100 U.S. hospitals and 200,000 other providers to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost.

"We look forward to bringing our expertise in software development to the Premier membership," said Danny Aponte, Director of Software, Intelligent Product Solutions. "We bring deep expertise in custom software development to these organizations, from integrations to cybersecurity and enterprise applications."

Premier members will have access to a broad array of product and purchased services contracts, field services support, and superior, data-driven spend management technologies.

CEO and Chairman of Forward Industries Terry Wise commented, "We are pleased at IPS' appointment as a supplier to Premier. In these uncertain times, this is yet another successful example of our strategy to diversify our customer base."