[September 11, 2012]

Diligent Consulting Inc. Awarded $960 Million IDIQ Contract from the U.S. Air Force to Provide Application Services

Diligent Consulting Inc. announced today that they were awarded a NETCENTS-2 Application Services - Small Business (SB) IDIQ contract from the U.S. Air Force. This $960M IDIQ has a three year base period and four one year option periods, with a performance period of up to ten years, if all option periods are exercised.

The contract scope covers a wide range of services such as application development, sustainment, migration, integration, training, help desk support, testing and operational support. Other services include exposing data from Authoritative Data Sources (ADS) to support web-services or Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) constructs in AF enterprise environments. One great benefit will be the contract's role in enabling the Air Force IT transformation initiative. It will enable the IT lifecycle using a standard, consistent AF roadmap and architecture, to include legacy operational and sustainment activities, revitalization or migration of legacy systems, the development of new mission capabilities and applications including net-centric data services, web services, COTS software integration, mobile applications, and future service-oriented capabilities.

In addition to it being a mandatory use contract for the Air Force, NETCENTS-2 is also available to Department of Defense and other federal agencies when the requirements relate to interoperability with Air Force capabilities; supports Air Force IT infrastructure, applications or operations; supports host-tenant arrangements involving Air Force units; or is in support of joint operations and solutions. Also, if a Small Business grows to exceed the $25M size standard, solely due to organic growth (not acquisition related), the company can be transitioned to the NETCENTS-2 Full and Open Application Services IDIQ if they meet the necessary criteria.

"Our clients will love the fact that NETCENTS-2 has features that significantly shorten the procurement lead time of task orders and is flexible and very easy to use," said Rick Riney, Diligent COO. "It will be a major enabler for applications that need to move to the Cloud."

"Over the last few years we have successfully completed full lifecycle development for several Air Force systems and are currently working on others," stated David Cerminaro, Diligent President and CEO. "We have been able to reduce costs for the Air Force by modernizing old legacy code to current web-based technology, enabled by Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and fully documented following Department of Defense Architectural Framework (DODAF) 2.0 guidelines. This contract greatly strengthens Diligent's capability to support our clients and grow our company."

About Diligent Consulting, Inc.

Founded as a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in 2001, Diligent delivers complete application development, modernization and sustainment solutions; cyber software capabilities; and comprehensive IT services to our government and commercial clients. Our Enterprise and Service-Oriented Architects assist our clients in defining requirements that meet their current and future operational challenges and budget constraints. Diligent's suite of tools for architecture modeling, legacy system discovery and transformation, software life cycle automation, and software vulnerability minimization enable fully-documented, robust, and secure solutions. Our appraised CMMI-DEV Level 3 processes combined with our exceptional business acumen enables us to deliver high-quality software on-time and on-budget, while minimizing cost of ownership. If you have an unsupported legacy system in need of rescue, an application destined for the Cloud, or a new requirement that calls for fast, reliable delivery - please consider Diligent as your solution provider! For more information, visit www.diligent-us.com.

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