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CHANTILLY, Va., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GTSI (R) Corp. an IT enterprise infrastructure solutions and services provider to government, today announced that GTSI was one of two winners on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). The BPA runs through June 2010 and calls for GTSI to provide a range of solutions capabilities involving hardware, software, and asset recovery.

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The contract was awarded as a bridge, with initial funding of $4.9 million to provide critical infrastructure upgrades while NOAA continues to draft the larger multi-million dollar solicitation, called NOAA Link. NOAA Link will call for a complete range of solutions for the agency's infrastructure over 10 years and is due to be issued within the next 12 months.

"As the hurricane season is in full force, we understand the importance of giving NOAA the best tools to help the agency predict potentially life- threatening storms," said Tom Kennedy, GTSI Vice President of Sales. "We've worked with NOAA for 10 years and appreciate the confidence that the agency has shown in GTSI by awarding us one of two slots on this important bridge BPA. By helping to modernize NOAA's infrastructure, GTSI will enable the agency to respond even more quickly and efficiently."

NOAA Link, when awarded, will bring NOAA leading edge technology for a wide range of enterprise-wide IT standard solutions in critical areas such as weather and water forecasts, search and rescue, climate change, environmental images, coastal maps, and ecosystems management.

GTSI is offering its Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach to solving many of NOAA's key business needs. The solution awarded to GTSI includes asset recovery and reporting, cataloging of IT assets, deployment of new and recovery of former assets. Through this process, GTSI will provide valuation services of existing IT assets and perform the decommissioning and disposal of NOAA's IT assets.

About GTSI Corp.

GTSI Corp. provides information technology solutions by offering a Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach to IT infrastructure solutions delivered through industry-leading professional and financial services. GTSI employs a proactive, strategic methodology that streamlines technology lifecycle management, from initial assessment to acquisition, implementation, refresh, and disposal. TLM allows government agencies to implement solutions of national and local significance quickly and cost effectively. GTSI's certified engineers and project managers leverage strategic partnerships with technology innovators. These experts use proven, repeatable processes to design, deploy, manage, and support simple to complex solutions, to meet governments' current and future requirements and business objectives. GTSI is headquartered in Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. Further information about the Company is available at http://www.gtsi.com/About.

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