Strickland Consulting, Inc.

Press Release

March 25, 2004

STRICKLAND CONSULTING, INC. TEAMS WITH BEARINGPOINT ON SEAPORT ENHANCED CONTRACT

GERMANTOWN, Maryland, March 25, 2004 – Strickland Consulting is a team member and subcontractor of BearingPoint, Inc., who has been awarded an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract by the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division. The multiple award contract, entitled SeaPort Enhanced ("SeaPort-e"), includes a five-year base period and two five-year option periods. The government anticipates acquiring up to $1.3 billion annually in services through the SeaPort-e electronic procurement system to support all phases of naval ship and shipboard weapons systems acquisition and life-cycle support.

SeaPort-e contracts are divided among seven U.S. regional zones. BearingPoint’s contract award allows the Company to bid for work in all seven zones to support the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the Naval Surface Warfare Centers (NSWCs), and the Naval Undersea Warfare Centers (NUWCs). SeaPort-e tasks are expected to include research and development support, prototyping, acquisition logistics, modeling, test and evaluation trials, and engineering support for Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters, field activities, and affiliated program executive offices.

Founded in 1999, Strickland Consulting, Inc. is a woman-owned, small business based in Germantown, Maryland. Strickland Consulting provides highly skilled information technology services in complex, enterprise environments. The company specializes in Systems Management and Security Management solutions, which maximize the performance, availability and security of IT networks and applications. The company also specializes in Virtual Infrastructure Management solutions that streamline server consolidations, support legacy applications, provide new levels of test and development capabilities, simplify OS/application migrations and offer enhanced disaster recovery and backup options. Strickland also offers Training Services in a variety of technical areas as well such as HP OpenView Network Node Manager Essentials; Advanced, Secure Computing’s Sidewinder Firewall Essentials; NetIQ AppManager; NetIQ Security Manager; and NetIQ AppAnalyzer for Exchange.

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Strickland Consulting, Inc.
   19206 Ranworth Drive
   Germantown, MD 20874
   Phone: 301-540-4688
   Fax: 301-540-8606