SRA Awarded $35 Million Contract by U.S. Department of State
September 23 2008 - 4:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Providing Services to Refugee Processing Center FAIRFAX, Va., Sept.
23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc. (NYSE:SRX), a
leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services
and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients,
today announced it has won a contract with the Department of
State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) Refugee
Processing Center (RPC). The contract has an estimated value of $35
million over three years, if all options are exercised. SRA will
manage and operate the Refugee Processing Center and will be
responsible for processing refugee applications, facilitating
reception and placement of arriving refugees in conjunction with
voluntary agencies throughout the U.S., and for providing flexible
responsiveness for the PRM Bureau to world events that relate to
refugee and migration issues. Under the contract, SRA will also
operate and maintain the RPC's primary software application, the
Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS), including
developing enhancements to the software and deploying it worldwide.
"With this new program, SRA will directly serve our nation's
humanitarian efforts, as well as expand our support to the
Department of State," said Peter Trick, SRA vice president. The RPC
has been in operation since 2001. Its mission is to provide
technical, data and refugee processing support in achieving the
President's annual U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP)
objectives. About SRA International, Inc. SRA and its subsidiaries
are dedicated to solving complex problems of global significance
for government organizations serving the national security, civil
government and global health markets. Founded in 1978, the company
and its subsidiaries have expertise in such areas as air
surveillance and air traffic management; contract research
organization (CRO) services; cybersecurity; disaster response
planning; enterprise resource planning; environmental strategies;
IT systems, infrastructure and managed services; logistics; public
health preparedness; strategic management consulting; systems
engineering; and wireless integration. FORTUNE(R) magazine has
chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for nine
consecutive years. The company and its subsidiaries employ more
than 6,400 employees serving clients from headquarters in Fairfax,
Va., and offices around the world. 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. In addition, the
forward-looking statements included in this press release represent
our views as of September 23, 2008. 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 23, 2008. DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT:
Media Relations, Sheila S. Blackwell, +1-703-227-8345, , or Kelly
Batalle, +1-703-284-5083, , both of SRA International, Inc. Web
site: http://www.sra.com/
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