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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Good <span style="color:#1F497D">
morning.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I am pleased announce that Drury Hotels has joined the WSCA Lodging Program. Drury Hotels is a midline brand located primarily in the middle and eastern part of the US. The addition of their
126 locations brings the total number of hotels participating in WSCA Lodging to 11,386 properties representing 55 national and regional brands plus several independents with 1,078,419 rooms.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">WSCA Lodging is a national lodging list of qualified hotels offering at or below GSA per-diem rates for state employees and political subdivision employees. It is open to all 50 states for
use. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We are also in the process of evaluating on-line booking tools to replace the existing database to allow for seamless online reservations. We hope to have that established by November of this
year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please visit <a href="http://www.wscalodging.org">
www.wscalodging.org</a> for more information on the program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><img border="0" width="186" height="91" id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.png@01CD8769.0CD25840" alt="WSCA_lodging_252x123.gif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best regards,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tim A. Hay, CPPB, CGTP, OPAC, OPBC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lead State Procurement Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">DAS Procurement Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">1225 Ferry St SE U140<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Salem, OR 97301-4285<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Ph. 503-378-4650<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Fax. 503-373-1626<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:tim.hay@state.or.us">tim.hay@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">DAS State Procurement Office Mission:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"Demonstrate and provide leadership through innovative, responsive, and accountable public procurement services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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