Access Systems, Inc. Announces Team to Support TEIS III Contract

RESTON, Va., Nov. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Systems, Inc. (ACCESS), an information technology solutions provider, today announced it responded to the U.S. Army Total Engineering and Integration Services III (TEIS III) solicitation, issued on September 9, 2010. To best serve the Army and exceed the requirements set forth in the TEIS III request for proposal, ACCESS assembled the "ACCESS TEIS III Team," a powerhouse of top providers in information systems engineering and analysis, systems integration and IT systems and network support. Members of the ACCESS TEIS III Team currently support the United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command (USAISEC) located in Ft. Huachuca. The team includes five Top 100 government and Army contractors and provides the Army with 50,000 personnel worldwide and 300 personnel in Ft. Huachuca alone.

TEIS III, the follow-on vehicle to the current TEIS II, is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract with an estimated worth of more than $890 million over a five-year period. The announcement of up to five awards is expected prior to year-end 2010. The Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) contracting office in Sierra Vista, AZ, will oversee the work. The ACCESS TEIS III Team is a strategic partnership of more than 20 companies. The team's large and well-known businesses currently provide USAISEC with systems engineering and civil engineering solutions and include DRS Defense Solutions; IronBow; L-3 Communications; TeleCommunications Systems; URS Corp. and VSE Corp./G&B Solutions.

The team's mid-size and small businesses have specialized Army expertise and intimately know USAISEC's mission. These companies provide the Army with IT and logistics work in remote locations and hostile territories, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Kuwait. Representing small businesses on the ACCESS TEIS III Team are AITC, Inc.; Alutiiq LLC; ISIS; and ICE -- all located in Sierra Vista, AZ; as well as Blue Canopy; Celestech; Crystal Management LLC; D3M LLC; EPS; Foxhole Technology; GPI; InovaTech, Inc.; MCS; NJVC; OnPoint; TAMI; and TARVOS.

"The Army is looking for a team to compliment USAISEC's delivery of global warfighting capability for the individual soldier in theatre, and the ACCESS TEIS III Team can do just that," said David E. Gardner, chief operating officer for ACCESS. "We are prepared to give the Army engineering support that provides greater interoperability and collaboration with joint, inter-agency, coalition and non-governmental organization mission partners."

In addition to offering its unique expertise, the ACCESS TEIS III Team will utilize its members' proven abilities to measure performance, manage projects and rapidly respond to task order requirements, client requests, and support. Specifically, ACCESS provides certifications of ISO 9001:2008 and, upon award, will be one of only four companies in the world--and the only TEIS III prime contractor--to have achieved the new CMMI-SVC level three rating for service system development.

According to David Gardner, this new CMMI rating recognizes superior management best practices in IT services providers and will more effectively and efficiently enable the USAISEC mission because the ACCESS program management team can rapidly adjust program management plans, resource allocations, schedule, and delivery based upon ever-changing user requirements. Given recent announcements to cut DoD budgets, the flexibility to quickly anticipate and address program change will be key to maintaining and expanding support to USAISEC and the warfighter," says Gardner. Also, maintaining a flat rather than traditional hierarchical Team organizational structure will allow the ACCESS Sierra Vista-based program management team to greatly leverage all ACCESS TEIS III Team members to ensure USAISEC receives rapid support response and superior performance for the demands of the TEIS III contract. These capabilities will give the Army an unmatched level of confidence in the ACCESS TEIS III Team to support USAISEC in executing the wide-scope of TEIS III requirements, especially large scale programs such as network engineering services, which ACCESS currently provides for the entire FBI, amongst other agencies. ACCESS currently supports 14 of 15 Cabinet-level agencies.

"Ninety percent of ACCESS' revenue is task order-based," said Julie S. Lee, chief executive officer and president of Access Systems, Inc. "The Army will have at its disposal a financially capable, Army-proven and experienced management team committed to compete for every task order. We stand ready to help the Army meet its mission."

About Access Systems, Inc.

As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, ACCESS provides Federal agencies the solutions and expertise to improve customer service and maintain high levels of customer satisfaction throughout the agency. By focusing on standards-based processes and tools, ACCESS helps Federal clients meet their mission objectives, sustain mission-critical functions, and transform mission-sensitive infrastructure. The company's professional services span the IT life cycle, focusing on network engineering, program support, systems management, operations & maintenance, information assurance, help desk administration, and mobile computing implementation and support. For additional information, please visit our Web site at www.accsys-inc.com.

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