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BearingPoint Awarded Department of Defense Supplier Relationship Management Contract Valued Up to $3.7 Million.


MCLEAN, Va. -- BearingPoint, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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:BGPTQ), one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms, today announced that it has been awarded a contract for Supplier Relationship Management (SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. ) functions by the Defense Logistics Agency Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions
Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department
 (DLA DLA

dog leukocyte antigen.
). The first-year value of the award is $1.2 million, with a total potential value of $3.7 million over three years.

The Defense Logistics Agency is the DoD's largest combat support agency, supplying the nation's military services and several civilian agencies with the critical resources they need to accomplish their worldwide missions. DLA provides wide-ranging logistical support for peacetime and wartime operations, as well as emergency preparedness and humanitarian missions.

DLA established the SRM program in 2002. BearingPoint began work on the program that same year, consulting on data access, business analytics and broad supplier strategies. During the time that BearingPoint has supported the SRM program, DLA has been able to deliver inventory cost savings and reduce customer wait times for order fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment . Some of the supply chain related services and solutions BearingPoint will provide under this latest competitively-bid contract include:

* Acquisition and Program Management

* Supplier and Strategic Sourcing strategies

* Metrics Development and Performance Tracking

"BearingPoint has a well-established record working with DLA on their Supplier Relationship Program," said Brenda Walker Dr Brenda Walker was born in Grafton, New South Wales in 1957. She studied at the University of New England in Armidale and, after gaining a PhD in English (on the work of Samuel Beckett) at the Australian National University, she moved to Perth in 1984. , vice president for BearingPoint's Defense practice focusing on the Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense. It is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource . "We are proud to continue to have an opportunity to support DLA efforts to increase service to the warfighter and reduce taxpayer expense."

To learn more about BearingPoint's service and solutions offerings for the defense community, visit www.BearingPoint.com/Defense.

About BearingPoint, Inc.

BearingPoint, Inc. (OTCBB:BGPTQ) is one of the world's largest providers of management and technology consulting services to Global 2000 companies and government organizations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Based in McLean, Va., the firm has approximately 15,000 employees focusing on the Public Services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. , Commercial Services and Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 industries. BearingPoint professionals have built a reputation for knowing what it takes to help clients achieve their goals, and working closely with them to get the job done. Our service offerings are designed to help our clients generate revenue, increase cost-effectiveness, manage regulatory compliance, integrate information and transition to "next-generation" technology. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.BearingPoint.com.

Some of the statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. These statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections. Words such as "will," "expects," "believes" and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and as such are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions as to future events or our future financial performance that may not prove to be accurate. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in these forward-looking statements. As a result, these statements speak only as of the date they were made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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