Company to Develop Web-based System to Support DoD Personal Property Shipments Worldwide
FAIRFAX, Va., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc.
(NYSE: SRX), a leading provider of information technology (IT) services and
solutions to federal government organizations, announced today that it has
been awarded a competitive contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command to develop a single, Web-
based personal property system to integrate and automate all DoD processes
that support military service families' moves worldwide. The contract has an
estimated value of $54.6 million over ten years if all options are exercised.
The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command manages DoD's
$1.8 billion Personal Property Program and is responsible for moving over
500,000 shipments annually for the Military Services, DoD agencies, and the
U.S. Coast Guard. The new system, part of the DoD "Families First"
initiative, will streamline the personal property movement process and align
with ongoing transportation reengineering and business improvement initiatives
throughout DoD. The SRA team will design, develop, deploy, operate, and
maintain the new system. Services will include project management,
requirements analysis, systems integration, information assurance, database
development, and integration of commercial off-the-shelf customer relationship
management and supply chain management technologies. The SRA team includes
Siebel Systems, Inc; Manugistics Group, Inc.; SQLCorp.; Complete Professional
Services, Inc.; XIO Strategies, Inc.; Oak Grove Software; Customer Value
Partners Corporation; and Trusted Solutions Group, Inc.
"We are committed to the success of the Families First program to help
improve the quality of life for service members and their families," said
Charles Perry, SRA Vice President & Director, Defense Business Solutions.
"The customer-centric system we develop will provide a more responsive, user-
friendly experience while also ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of
personal property."
About SRA International, Inc.
SRA is a leading provider of information technology services and solutions
-- including strategic consulting; systems design, development, and
integration; and outsourcing and operations management -- to clients in
national security, health care and public health, and civil government
markets. The Company also delivers business solutions for text and data
mining, contingency and disaster response planning, information assurance,
environmental strategies and technology, enterprise systems management, and
wireless integration.
FORTUNE(R) magazine has chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to
Work For" for five consecutive years. The Company's 3,300 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 to grow our business, and other factors
discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2003 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 29,
2003 and our latest quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 6,
2004. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press
release represent our views as of June 16, 2004. 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 June 16, 2004.
SOURCE SRA International, Inc.
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/CONTACT: Laura Luke of SRA International, Inc., +1-703-803-1856, or
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