MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- WidePoint
Corporation (NYSE Mkt: WYY) a leading provider of Managed Mobility
Services (MMS) specializing in Cybersecurity and Telecommunications
Lifecycle Management (TLM) solutions, today announces new contract
awards and renewals. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Institutes of
Health (NIH) have issued new contracts and option year contract
renewals worth approximately $2
million. Six new commercial customers have also recently
entered into agreements totaling up to $1.9
million in value.
Jason Holloway, chief sales and
marketing officer of WidePoint, said, "These awards are a positive
start to a busy Federal 2016 year-end award cycle for our TLM,
Cybersecurity, and Consulting business lines, while also
demonstrating the positive momentum we are starting to witness in
our commercial customer base. We are seeing the first examples of
having successfully positioned ourselves to demonstrate the unique
and trusted value our services bring to both current and new
federal clients as we move into the busy federal contracting
period. Rounding out these recent successes, we are also currently
in the process of aggressively implementing our TLM solution to six
recently contracted new commercial market clients."
The new and expanded work with the DHS and the NIH demonstrate
the benefits and savings our ITMS™ Telecom Lifecycle Management
platform offers to federal agencies, while the renewals at the CDC
and FBI continue to build upon a long history of TLM and consulting
services supporting key areas of need in protecting the citizens of
our country.
Jin Kang, chief operations
officer of WidePoint, said, "These new awards and option year
renewals demonstrate the positive benefits our services and
expertise bring to both our federal and commercial clients. They
also support our strategic goals of expanding our federal base of
business as we broaden our reach to other major departments and
agencies, and showcase the positive past performance and savings we
can offer."
WidePoint's commercial additions include a major insurance
company, a healthcare organization, and several other technology
companies that will utilize the ITMS™ platform. They also provide
WidePoint the opportunity to showcase its Cybersecurity offerings
including Certificate-on-Device™ and other trusted solutions.
Steve L. Komar, chief executive
officer of WidePoint, said, "We have been working diligently to
demonstrate that we are the trusted partner for federal, state, and
commercial organizations in providing secure, cost-saving solutions
that can manage, support, and secure an organization's mobile
infrastructure. With our recent ECA PIV-I Agreement and
Certificate-on-Device™ derived credentialing capabilities, we now
offer secure credentials that can be used for multiple purposes
across federal agencies for a multitude of different users with
varied security needs, while our ITMS™ platform manages and
supports the mobile devices that will require these same security
features."
About WidePoint
WidePoint (NYSE Mkt: WYY) is a leading provider of secure,
cloud-delivered, enterprise-wide information technology-based
solutions that can enable enterprises and agencies to deploy fully
compliant IT services in accordance with government-mandated
regulations and advanced system requirements. WidePoint has several
major government and commercial contracts. For more information,
visit www.widepoint.com.
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