Army National Guard Awards $173M Enterprise Operations and Security Services Contract to SRA
September 28 2006 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Company to Continue to Operate Enterprise Network That Supports
More Than 80,000 Users FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 28
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc. (NYSE:SRX), a
leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services
and solutions to federal government organizations, announced that
it has been awarded a task order by the Army National Guard to
provide enterprise operations and security services in support of a
nationwide information infrastructure, including the GuardNet XXI
enterprise-wide network. The task order, awarded under the Chief
Information Officer Solutions and Partners 2 Innovations (CIO-SP2i)
contract, has an estimated value of $173 million over five years if
all options are exercised. Since 2001, SRA has managed and operated
the enterprise operations center for GuardNet XXI, a nationwide
communications structure that supports the Army National Guard's
mission by serving as the communication channel for data and video
between the Department of the Army and the 54 states, three U.S.
territories, and the District of Columbia. The network delivers
communications services to support command and control,
mobilization, readiness training, and distance learning. Under this
new contract, SRA will continue to support the Army National
Guard's enterprise systems and information technology (IT)
infrastructure -- including 24x7x365 operation of GuardNet XXI --
and other enterprise systems such as Active Directory, Exchange
e-mail, and national video operations. Services provided by the SRA
team will include network engineering, operation, and security;
systems design, integration, implementation, and management;
facility operations; equipment maintenance; and help desk support.
Team members include ADNET; AGT; FSIS, Inc.; International
Development and Resources, Inc.; NCI Information Systems, Inc.;
SNVC; and SOGI. "The SRA team has developed a strong working
relationship with the Army National Guard in network design and
operations, working with Government agencies, vendors, and new
technologies to enhance the IT enterprise while ensuring that
services are secure and available," said Tony Valletta, SRA Senior
Vice President, Defense Sector. "We will continue to transform our
service support to match the Guard's transformation." About SRA
International, Inc. SRA is a leading provider of technology and
strategic consulting services and solutions -- including systems
design, development, and integration; and outsourcing and managed
services -- to clients in national security, civil government, and
health care and public health markets. The Company also delivers
business solutions for contingency and disaster response planning,
information assurance, business intelligence, environmental
strategies, enterprise architecture, infrastructure management, and
wireless integration. FORTUNE(R) magazine has chosen SRA as one of
the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for seven consecutive years.
The Company's 4,900 employees serve clients from its headquarters
in Fairfax, Virginia, and offices across the country. For
additional information on SRA, please visit http://www.sra.com/.
Any statements in this press release about future expectations,
plans, and prospects for SRA, including statements about the
estimated value of the contract and work to be performed, and other
statements containing the words "estimates," "believes,"
"anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions,
constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results
may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking
statements as a result of various important factors, including: our
dependence on our contracts with federal government agencies,
particularly within the U.S. Department of Defense, for
substantially all of our revenue, our dependence on our GSA
schedule contracts and our position as a prime contractor on
government-wide acquisition contracts and other multiple-award
contracts to grow our business, and other factors discussed in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25,
2006. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this
press release represent our views as of September 28, 2006. We
anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our
views to change. However, while we may elect to update these
forward- looking statements at some point in the future, we
specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. These
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing our views as of any date subsequent to September 28,
2006. DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT: Laura Luke of
SRA International, Inc., +1-703-803-1856, Web site:
http://www.sra.com/
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