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Public-Sector Eligibility

All eligible education, healthcare, government and non-profit customers must be located or reside in the United States of America. Public-sector discount eligibility requirements may vary by manufacturer; therefore, the following requirements are a general overview, but may not be applicable in all cases. Main Street Technologies shall, at its sole discretion, resolve any issues relating to the eligibility of customers to purchase products at public-sector discounts.

All products purchased by eligible public-sector customers must be for internal, administrative, academic, research or instructional use and may not be resold.

Education and Healthcare Eligibility

To be eligible for education and healthcare discounts, you must be one of the following qualified educational users:

1. An accredited non-profit public or private K-12 or higher educational institution that is organized and operated exclusively for the purpose of teaching its matriculating or enrolled students, which are defined as K-12, vocational and correspondence schools, colleges, universities, scientific and technical schools accredited by a Regional Institutional Accrediting Agency that is recognized by the US Department of Education.
2. Administrative offices or boards of education of educational institutions as defined in Item 1.
3. Full and part time faculty and staff of educational institutions as defined in Item 1.
4. Full and art time enrolled Students of higher educational institutions as defined in Item 1. (K-12 students may not qualify, depending on the particular manufacturer's eligibility requirements.)
5. Libraries, research and field stations that are owned, controlled, and operated by educational institutions as defined in Item 1.
6. Medical or nursing schools, healthcare systems, and research labs that are owned, controlled, and operated by educational institutions as defined in Item 1.
7. Educational consortia and systems where its members or shareholders are an educational institution as defined in Item 1.
8. Home school programs, pre-schools, public libraries and museums under certain conditions as determined by a particular manufacturer's eligibility requirements, please contact us for more information.

Verification of Education Eligibility

Main Street Technologies must obtain verification of education eligibility as follows:

1. Eligible orders from educational institution must be placed using a school purchase order or school-issued procurement credit card.
2. Eligible orders from educational institutions must ship to the campus address of the school.
3. Eligible educational institution faculty and staff must provide a copy of their current school identification card, with school term and year of employment, proof of employment, or written employment confirmation from the department head.
4. Eligible students from educational institutions must provide a copy of their current school identification card, with school term or year, or a copy of their enrollment confirmation from the Registrar's office, or a copy of their class schedule with school term or year.

Government Eligibility

To be eligible for government discounts, you must be purchasing for a local, state, or federal government agency of the United States of America, and

1. the order must be placed by an authorized employee of the government agency.
2. the order must ship to the business address of the government agency.
3. the order must be placed using a government purchase order or government-issued procurement credit card.
4. a tax-exempt ID number must be provided by Federal Agencies requesting tax-free status.

Non-Profit Eligibility

To be eligible for non-profit discounts, you must be a non-profit, charitable organization, and provide a copy of your "determination letter" that officially recognizes your organization's tax-exempt status under 501-(c)(3) of the IRS Tax Code.

The following are not eligible for non-profit discounts:

• Private foundations
• Hospitals not wholly-owned by a university*
• Healthcare systems
• Research labs
• Non-profit lobbyist groups
• Political, labor, or fraternal organizations

*Hospitals wholly owned by a university are eligible for non-profit or education discounts.

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