MicroTech Wins Social Security Administration Contract for Engineering Support Services

VIENNA, Va., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- MicroTech, LLC, a premier Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned and 8(a) Small Business announced today that they were awarded a contract with the Social Security Administration (SSA) for work that will be performed at SSA's National Computing Center near Baltimore, MD. The contract is for Engineering Support Services across the SSA enterprise with a contract ceiling of $80 M over a 1-year base period with four one-year options. This award represents the largest single contract ever awarded to a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) by the Social Security Administration.

MicroTech teamed with EDS, Apptis, and Open Technology Group (OTG) on the bid to provide a wide array of high-end technology services including mainframe systems engineering and administration, distributed systems engineering and administration, Telecommunications support (voice, video and data), Internet application support, security management and other key functions.

MicroTech (http://www.microtechllc.com/) is a successful, rapidly growing Small Business headquartered in Vienna, VA. MicroTech provides information technology services, added value-resale contract management and consulting to our clients in the U.S. Federal Government and state and local government agencies. Since its founding in early 2004, MicroTech has doubled in size each year and demonstrated financial stability. MicroTech was recently named one of the top 100 service-disabled owned businesses by Diversity Magazine, one of the Hispanic 500 by Hispanic Business Magazine, and CEO Tony Jimenez was named the 2006 Vetrepreneur of the Year by Veteran's Business Journal. MicroTech is an EMC Velocity Partner and a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner.

EDS is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. For 45 years, government clients around the world have trusted EDS to support their mission-critical programs. EDS provides innovative information technology services and solutions that support the principal services of government. Our solutions enable national/federal governments to focus on their core missions and become more agile in delivering constituent services. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at http://www.eds.com/industries/government/.

For more than two decades, Apptis has been providing IT solutions and services to government and industry. Applying leading technologies to diverse needs, Apptis delivers inspiring solutions that are agile, trusted and business-aligned for optimized performance. The company's robust enterprise-wide capabilities include Program Management, Enterprise Management, Systems Engineering, Information Assurance, Network and Communications Solutions, and Applications Development and Integration. The company values integrity and partnership, encouraging its knowledgeable, ethical and flexible professionals to build strong collaborative relationships with customers. Apptis is privately held with headquarters in Chantilly, VA.

Open Technology Group (http://www.otghq.com/) is a professional services corporation and SDVOSB headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. OTG provides organizations with access to highly skilled information technology and business personnel for solutions and/or support services. OTG core services consist of software/web, infrastructure, telecom and facilities support. In particular, as a Microsoft Certified Partner, OTG provides planning, development and operations support for Microsoft technologies. Open Technology Group has provided the highest quality of service to Civilian and DOD Agencies for more than 15 years.