SPS To Provide Information Systems Engineering Solutions To The DOC

Arlington, VA, September 15, 2000 – Software Performance Systems, Inc. (SPS) announced that it has been selected by the Department of Commerce (DOC) as an awardee of the COMMerce Information Technology Solutions (COMMITS) program.  SPS will provide solutions in the Information Systems Engineering (ISE) functional area.

“With the award of the ISE functional area to SPS, DOC customers can immediately benefit from our extensive enterprise software development experience,” said SPS Strategic Solutions Vice President Joe Linza. “SPS is the sixth largest DOC contractor, of any size, and we are expecting to receive significant tasking through the COMMITS vehicle. Just within the DOC, SPS has delivered several enterprise systems that are currently in production and are being used by tens of thousands of government and commercial users.”  Examples of DOC enterprise systems that SPS has deployed within the last year include:

• POWER, the first fully automated electronic review, routing, and tracking system the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) uses to process international patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
• www.NauticalCharts.gov, a B2G2B portal that links National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) nautical chart agents with print-on-demand fulfillment agencies.  The site also collects and distributes real-time, navigational electronic information to the maritime community.
• A system that enables USPTO employees and members of the public to request copies of patent and trademark application case files stored in warehouses. This File Ordering System (FOS) supports approximately 5,000 USPTO users, including patent examiners who need to access files during the examination process and File Repository staff members who are responsible for order fulfillment. FOS has averaged approximately 12,000 user transactions each day.

COMMITS is the first information technology (IT) IDIQ multiple award contract set aside exclusively for small, small disadvantaged, 8(a) and women-owned small businesses. The COMMITS Program Management Office anticipates IT expenditures under these multiple award contracts to cumulatively reach $1.5 billion over five years. COMMITS helps other agencies reach their socio-economic goals by giving them credit for use, and Commerce has requested additional OMB Executive Agent (GWAC) authority for use under this acquisition vehicle.

About SPS
Software Performance Systems, Inc. (SPS), a small business based in Maryland, is a privately held information technology services provider. Established in 1995, SPS specializes in the design and integration of large Web-based solutions for State and Local Governments and commercial clients. SPS has been honored with many national awards, including: #10 ranking in the Computerworld Top 100 Best Places to Work in IT, Deloitte's Virginia Technology Fast 50 and North America Technology Fast 500, and as a SBA Exporter of the Year. More importantly, SPS solutions helped our clients win prestigious awards, including the Grace Hopper Federal Government Technology Leadership Award, the E-Gov Pioneer Award, the Excellence.gov Grand Prize Award, and the Government IT Agency Award for Excellence in Government.
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Contact Information
Software Performance Systems, Inc.
Sid Chowdhary, VP State and Local Government Solutions Division
240-949-8825 / 1-866-734-6777
SChowdhary@goSPS.com
www.goSPS.com