Press Release

Tantus|OnPoint Awarded $89 Million Federal Aviation Administration Contract

ARLINGTON, VA – April 9, 2007 – The Joint Venture of Tantus Technologies, Inc., and OnPoint Consulting, Inc. – Tantus|OnPoint – has been awarded the ABA Financial Support Services contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Office of the Assistant Administrator for Financial Services/Chief Financial Officer (ABA).  ABA is responsible for managing FAA’s budget of approximately $14 billion, and overseeing and maintaining FAA’s financial systems. This seven-year contract, valued at $89 million, is to provide technical support for ABA’s mission critical financial systems and processes.  Tantus|OnPoint teaming partners include Compusearch Software Systems, IBM Global Services, Oracle Consulting and SRA International.

“This a great win for Tantus|OnPoint, leveraging Tantus’s institutional knowledge of the FAA and OnPoint’s organizational infrastructure and breadth of past performance.  We look forward to more successful endeavors together.” said Mr. Buck Keswani, CEO and President of Tantus.

“We are excited that the FAA has selected Tantus|OnPoint to support their strategic efforts including the SAVES Cost Control Program and Clean Audit Performance Targets,” said OnPoint CEO and President, Shankar Pillai.  He added, “This win reaffirms our commitment to providing cost savings and lasting value to our Federal Government clients by leveraging our Mentor-Protégé relationship with Tantus.”

About the Tantus|OnPoint Joint Venture: The Tantus|OnPoint Joint Venture was formed by Tantus Technologies, Inc. (Tantus) and OnPoint Consulting, Inc. (OnPoint), under the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Mentor-Protégé Program, to provide the Federal Government with high-quality, information technology support services.  Tantus is an enterprise software solutions provider specializing in the delivery of innovative, flexible, successful solutions to Federal agencies.  Tantus is certified under the SBA 8(a) Program.  OnPoint is a growing ISO 9001-certified technology consulting firm that provides critical thinking, strategic analysis, and thought leadership to improve performance, lower costs, and achieve results its Federal clients.  OnPoint provides services through four distinct lines of business:  Information Assurance, Network Operations, Project Management and Systems Development.