Orlando, FL. – August 2004 – This month, Coalescent Technologies Corporation expanded its participation on the Marine Corps System Command’s (MCSC) Commercial Enterprise Omnibus support services (CEOss) contracting vehicle by winning positions on three additional CEOss teams in two more domains. In this year’s Open Season, Coalescent was approved as a Kalman & Company teammate on the Business and Analytical (B&A) domain, an EDO PSD teammate on the Engineering and Scientific (E&S) domain, and an Information Network Systems, Inc. teammate on the Acquisition, Logistics, and Administrative (ALA) domain. In August 2003, Coalescent was approved as an Applied Ordnance Technology, Inc. (AOT) teammate on the Specialty Engineering (SE) domain and on the CACI International, Inc. and the MKI Systems team in the ALA domain.

With these latest awards, Coalescent is now all four of the CEOss domains making it even more convenient for Marine Corps customers to contractually reach Coalescent for the products and technical services upon which the company has built its reputation for always achieving the highest quality results on schedule and within budget.

Kalman & Company, Inc. (Kalman), is a Woman Owned Small Business. Kalman has provided business and analytical support to a variety of public service customers. Primarily, the company specializes in providing fast, accurate process improvement, Performance Based Contracting, Acquisition Support Services and Cost Analysis support by leveraging commercial best practices to suit the public sector environment. For the past five years, Kalman has provided Government support services to MCSC in general and to PM NBCDS, JPM/IP, and Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO), Chemical/Biological Defense (CBD) in particular.

EDO Professional Services, Inc. (EDO PSD) has a broad range of Marine Corps expertise and experience, most notably providing MCSC support under CEOss, support for Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLBA), and support services for the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL). EDO PSD is ISO 9001 certified and a certified repair facility for the AN/SQR-18 and variants. EDO PSD has been supporting the MCWL since 1995, assisting the Lab with developing tactics, techniques and procedures, and evaluating advanced technologies that create or enhance future warfighting capabilities.

Information Network Systems, Inc., a TSGI Company (INS) is ISO 9001 compliant with a broad base of operational sites and a wide variety of technical and logistics capabilities and experience. INS maintains a flat organizational structure that enables them to provide highly responsive quality support to customers. The INS core competencies include: track vehicles, infantry weapons, fire support, night vision, information systems, and information technology.

CACI International Inc provides IT and network solutions for defense, intelligence and e-government. From systems integration and managed network solutions to knowledge management, engineering, simulation and information assurance, CACI delivers IT applications and infrastructures for federal customers to use to improve communications and collaboration, secure the integrity of information systems and networks, enhance data collection and analysis and increase efficiency and mission effectiveness.

MKI Systems is a Virginia based professional services firm. They were founded in 1981 to provide comprehensive acquisition support services to the United States Marine Corps. Since that time, they have grown into a prime professional services provider with multiple offices conveniently located across the Washington DC metropolitan area. MKI Systems’ core competencies include systems engineering, systems acquisition support, logistics analysis, and cost analysis. They provide these services to the Department of Defense community and private industry.

Applied Ordnance Technology, Inc. is a leading innovator in the defense community for technical products and services. They offer cutting edge solutions to a wide variety of engineering, management and logistics challenges. Outstanding service and high quality products have been their main focus since their founding in 1984. AOT has expanded its products and services over the years and currently has over 125 employees in multiple locations across the U.S. Their expert engineers, superior management staff, and ISO 9001 certification demonstrate their steadfast commitment to quality.

Coalescent Technologies Corporation is an ISO 9001:2000 certified professional engineering firm that provides sophisticated engineering products and services to the Department of Defense, federal agencies, and commercial clients. Established in 1995, Coalescent is privately owned and operated with headquarters in Orlando, Florida. Coalescent maintains divisional offices in the D.C. metro area, Atlanta, Colorado Springs, and has a large field office located onboard NAVAIR's Webster Field Annex. Coalescent's staff includes recognized leaders and performers in electrical and digital engineering, enterprise-level intranets, information technologies, radio frequency identification, modeling, simulation and training.