NCI Awarded $61.6 Million PEO STRI Technical Support Task Order.

RESTON, Va. -- NCI Information Systems, Inc. (NCI), a leading information technology, enterprise management, systems engineering and integration corporation, announced today that it has been awarded a five-year task order with an estimated value of $61.6 million, from the Corporate Information Office

(CIO) of the United States Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), in Orlando, Florida. The award was made under the U.S. Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions Enterprise Mission Support Services Solutions (ITES EMS3) task order.

Under the PEO STRI task order, the NCI team will assist PEO STRI CIO customers in the attainment of their respective missions by providing: project management, network engineering, information assurance, asset acquisition and management, system maintenance, software and customer support, sustainment, and other services in support of the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure.

"NCI is proud to have been selected to deliver mission critical IT services to the PEO STRI community. We are looking forward to supporting the PEO STRI CIO's forward-looking vision of delivering IT services and attaining the U. S. Army's Enterprise IT transformation objectives," said Charles Narang, Chief Executive Officer for NCI.

The period of performance for this task order will begin September 1, 2004, with a transition from the previous contractor to be completed by September 14, 2004. The base year will be through August 31, 2005, with four one-year options.

"The CIO's vision to transform the way in which IT services are delivered to PEO STRI customers is a significant opportunity. NCI believes this vision will serve as a success story the U.S. Army can leverage to support its overall IT transformation goals, ensuring the PEO STRI CIO remains on the Army's leading edge of technology while adhering to overall Army CIO/G6 guidance and policy," commented John R. Grobmeier, Senior Vice President and General Manager of NCI's Army Enterprise Information Technology Operations Group.

Key NCI partners on this award include: SAIC, Cherry Road Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Integic, and Advantage Factory.

"I have been very impressed with the quality of our team and the wealth of relevant experience that our partners bring to this program. As a team, we are fully committed to the success of PEO STRI in providing world class IT services to its customers," said Terry Glasgow, Chief Operating Officer of NCI.

About NCI Information Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1989, NCI Information Systems, Inc. - an ISO 9001 certified company - is considered the "partner of choice" by government customers and systems integrators. NCI's award-winning expertise encompasses areas critical to its customers' mission objectives including enterprise management and services, information assurance, network engineering and systems development and integration. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, NCI is privately held, has 60 locations and over 1,400 employees worldwide.

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