Press Release

ROCKVILLE, MD., February 8, 2008 MAR, Incorporated (MAR) was notified that it was selected as an awardee on the first small business set aside Government-Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC) awarded by the General Services Administration. This new GSA Alliant contract will give Federal agencies a central vehicle to procure Information Technology solutions on a worldwide scale. It is a competitive multiple award, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) set-aside contract valued at $15 billion, with a five-year base period and one five-year option. The scope of the contract includes management, technical support, and IT services.

MAR is one of 62 awardees under this new contract vehicle. With 36 years of experience in the Federal Government Services marketplace performing on over 600 contracts, MAR is proud to be an awardee, and looks forward to pursuing new opportunities within this line of business. MAR specializes in providing high quality technical services and solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Intelligence and Special Programs, Systems Engineering and Integration, Specialized Facilities Management and Marine Operations.

ROCKVILLE, MD., January 30, 2008 Congratulations to our MAR team supporting the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency within the Department of Commerce. Recently, Commerce selected the Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS) II Online Ordering and Delivery System to be the E-Gov success story submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as part of its annual E-Gov Act Report. The RIMS II System was developed and is supported by the MAR team of Jeff Moore, Jason Talkington, and Walt Kampas.

The project has been a group effort including MAR, the BEA Regional Economic Accounts Division (READ), and the BEA Office of CIO (OCIO). The new system simplifies the ordering process and allows customers to order and receive multipliers more quickly, at a reduced cost. Customers have placed 40% more orders since the RIMS II web-based system was implemented.

For more information on RIMS II visit:www.bea.gov/regional/rims

ROCKVILLE, MD., October 2, 2007 MAR, Incorporated (MAR) has been awarded a task order under the State of Maryland Consulting and Technical Services (CATS) contract for the Maryland Department of Transportation. MAR, along with our subcontractor Royal Systems Incorporated (RSI), will provide software development lifecycle expertise in the conversion of several complex Access 97 applications to the .NET platform for multiple business units in the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA).

The contract value is in excess of $1M with a period of performance of approximately 18 months. MAR is extremely excited to provide premier application development services for our newest customer, the State of Maryland.

ROCKVILLE, MD., September 27, 2007 MAR, Incorporated (MAR) is pleased to announce the award of a five year contract to support the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, East Coast Detachment (NFESC/ECD). This contract, awarded 27 September 2007 to the MAR Range Services subsidiary of MAR, Incorporated will provide comprehensive program and technical management, integrated logistics, engineering and IT services to the Ocean Construction Division of NFESC/ECD. MAR, together with our subcontractor team members, Synergy Software Design, LLC, and Planet Nine Studios, will support NFESC/ECD across all aspects of ocean construction design, assessment, and maintenance activities for worldwide U.S. Navy applications including port security barriers, tanks, piers, bridges, and other ocean and waterfront infrastructure requirements.

ROCKVILLE, MD., September 24, 2007 MAR, Incorporated (MAR) is pleased to announce the award of a multi-year contract to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) in West Bethesda Maryland. This contract, known as the Wavemaker Replacement Program, was awarded 24 September 2007 to the MAR Range Services subsidiary of MAR, Incorporated. The contract is a five year contract to provide advanced state-of the-art computer controlled wavemaker systems for hydrodynamic test facilities located at the Navy's Carderock laboratory, formerly known as the David Taylor Model Basin. MAR, as the prime contractor, together with our team of subcontractors, will be responsible for the design, fabrication, installation, integration, test, commissioning, training, and logistics support of the new wavemaker systems for three different NSWCCD facilities including the Maneuvering and Seakeeping Basin (MASK), The Deep Towing Basin, and the High Speed Towing Basin. Supporting MAR in this important effort is an international team comprised of Edinburgh Designs, Ltd. (United Kingdom), Atlantic Industrial Technologies (New York), McLaren Engineering Group (New York), INCON (Maryland), and Computer Sciences Corp. (California).

ROCKVILLE, MD., June 4, 2007 MAR, Incorporated (MAR) has received notification that MAR, together with other IT and systems engineering providers as part of a team led by Exceptional Software Strategies, Inc., has received a major contract award sponsored by the Department of Defense (DOD). Called NSETS II, this multi-year contract provides specialized professional services covering areas of Information Technology, Engineering, Operations Support, Business Support, and Training requirements to support critical DOD mission needs. The NSETS II contract will provide a contracting mechanism to support these service areas through individual task orders that can range in value from several million to tens of million dollars over the life of the contract. This contract represents a significant strategic step in the continued development and expanding presence of MAR as an IT and Systems Engineering provider to the DOD and other federal and state government agencies.

ROCKVILLE, MD., January 8, 2007 MAR, Incorporated (MAR) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS) to operate and maintain the Ohmsett facility for a base and four option periods. MAR has provided Operations and Maintenance for the Ohmsett facility since 1991.

MAR, a small business, is a professional services firm based in Rockville, MD. The company specializes in Systems Engineering and Integration, Intelligence and Special Programs, Marine Services, Facilities Management, and Information Technology.

"We are enthused about continuing to provide quality support to MMS and the premier oil spill response testing facility in the world," said MAR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mike Norcio. "Our strong desire is to provide exceptional customer service to MMS and those who use the Ohmsett facility for testing, research and training."

Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility is located in Leonardo, New Jersey. Ohmsett is the only facility in the world where full-scale oil spill response testing, research and training can be conducted with oil in a realistic simulated marine environment under controlled conditions. The facility consists of a large test basin measuring 667 feet long by 65 feet wide by 8 feet deep filled with 2.6 million gallons of crystal clear salt water, conference rooms, maintenance/machine shop, chemistry laboratory, and offices.

Under the new contract, MAR will continue to conduct research and development tests and evaluations of oil-spill response equipment and technology, as well as oil spill responder training.

ROCKVILLE, MD, August 29, 2006 MAR Incorporated is pleased to announce that Mr. David Sigwart will be joining the organization as the Vice President of Intelligence Services and Special Programs in September of 2006.

Mr. Sigwart has over 20 years experience in engineering and management experience within the Intelligence Community. Most recently he served as the Vice President of Intelligence and Special Operations for L-3 Communications, Government Services Inc. At L-3, he was responsible for a $200 million business unit consisting of over 500 employees. During his association with this and predecessor organizations, revenue and profit consistently grew greater then 20% over the past 5 years. Mr. Sigwart holds a BS in Computer Science from Loyola College.

ROCKVILLE, MD, August 14, 2006 MAR, Incorporated is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract for a base period of one year with four additional one year option periods to Operate and Maintain the MV Independence, a diesel-powered vessel designed to perform as an ocean-going, world-wide research ship. The ship is a one-of-a-kind vessel, capable of supporting the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) Ocean Facilities Department in ocean related Research, Development, Tests and Operations. Our primary effort is to operate and maintain the mission readiness of the M/V Independence, with specific requirements to be defined in individual delivery orders issued throughout the contract period.

We are proud to be continuing our support to NFESC with highly trained and specialized personnel that will crew the ship on a continuous basis as well as providing engineering services necessary for NFESC to support its offshore missions.

A very special thanks goes out to Program Manager and Captain Tim Minniear, Dave Clements and the Indy crew for their outstanding performance and services over the past years. Their efforts have made this re-win possible. In addition, the proposal team of Tim, Dave, Dan Hackenberg, Bob Blase, Linda Klages, Laura Evans, Gayle Enfinger, Franni Price and Nancy Robert all worked long and hard to deliver a top quality and winning proposal.

Thanks again and congratulations. This is a great win and an opportunity to continue our service for a valued customer.

ROCKVILLE, MD, July 31, 2006 A team lead by MAR, Incorporated (MAR), has been awarded a contract worth in excess of $40 million from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to support its information systems security certification and accreditation process implementation. The team is comprised of Force 3, Inc., Radius Technology Group, Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Number Six Software, Incorporated, R4 Communications and Van Dyke Technology Group, Inc.

The MAR team will develop security related documentation and perform the systems analyses required to obtain an Authorization to Operate (ATO) for national security, intelligence, and general information systems that will ensure cradle to grave compliance. The MAR team will implement an integrated approach to security services that supports improved mission support, IT investment management, and consistent and repeatable Security Certification and Accreditation services for all NRC IT systems.

Our Best in Class team possesses fully qualified and talented personnel who understand the information systems security C&A process, the NRCs systems and methodologies/tools, including the PMM and the Rational Enterprise Suite. The MAR team understands the advantages of teaming and successful partnerships and looks forward to delivering unparalleled customer satisfaction to the NRC.

ROCKVILLE, Md., December 14, 2005— MAR, Incorporated (MAR) was awarded a five year contract for Consulting and Technical Services (CATS) for the Maryland Department of Transportation. The new contract will allow MAR to assist the Maryland Department of Transportation in the following areas:

• Enterprise Service Provider
• Web and Internet Systems
• Electronic Document Management
• Software Engineering
• Systems/Facilities Management and Maintenance
• IT and Telecommunications Financial and Auditing Consulting Services
• IT Management Consulting Services
• Business Process Consulting Services
• Media and Training Center Support
• Documentation/Technical Writing

ROCKVILLE, Md., October 26, 2005— MAR, Incorporated (MAR) is pleased to announce the promotion of Sam Sunukjian to the position of Vice President of IT Services. Sam has been an employee of MAR since July, 2002 and came to MAR from Computer Associates(CA) with the task of regenerating and expanding our IT Services business. Other than our past business at Stennis Space Center and work in Monterey, CA we did not have an IT business base in the Washington, DC area.

Sam has been successful in penetrating the local market by securing work at the Office of Personnel Management(OPM), Bureau of Economic Analysis(BEA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC), US Census Bureau, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation(PBGC), and staff augmentation work with CSC and Lockheed Martin. Year-to-date Sam's IT group has generated signifigant revenue, and future bidding opportunities and growth prospects are excellent.

As Vice President of IT Services, Sam will continue his day-to-day business development and program management activities in an effort to build MAR into a key player in the Federal IT marketplace.

Please join MAR in congratulating Sam on his new position. Sam can be contacted via phone at (301)230-4567 or via email at ssunukjian@marinc.com. Sam is always looking for new business opportunities and new hires that will utilize MAR's IT capabilities. Congratulations Sam!

ROCKVILLE, Md., September 20, 2005— MAR, Incorporated (MAR) was awarded a firm fixed price contract of approximately $240,000 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on September 20, 2005. Prior to this contract award, MAR has been providing application development and IT consulting services to BEA. The new contract will be for a one year period in which MAR will provide web and database development for an e-commerce application. As a result, BEA will be able to eleconically provide thier customers with key economic data within minutes. This was a competitive contract bid and won through the GSA Regional Office Six, Kansas City.

ROCKVILLE, Md., August 11, 2005— On August 11, 2005, MAR, Incorporated (MAR) was awarded a one-year contract from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to provide certification and accreditation process implementation and information assurance services. The value of this one-year contract is approximately $1.0M. The proposal was a joint effort between MAR and Radius Technology Group, Inc. (RTG) with MAR being the prime contractor in this effort. RTG is an IT security and support company dedicated to helping clients achieve their business objectives through Management, Operational and Technical Controls. MAR met RTG through a briefing that was given by MAR on government contracting services to the IT incubator companies located at the Silver Spring Maryland Innovation Center. Radius has excellent talent and corporate capability and we look forward to working with them in supporting the NRC.

This contract win is significant in that MAR has gained a new government customer and team partner, and we won a competitive proposal after submitting multiple revisions to our original proposal. Our hope is that this work will continue and expand over the years to come.

The MAR proposal team was headed by Sam Sunukjian, Director, IT Services with assistance from Laura Evans, Jeff Moore, Mary Jewett and Linda Klages. Special congratulations to the MAR IT team for their hard work and determination related to this contract win.

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 29, 2005— MAR, Incorporated (MAR) along with our Minerals Management Service customer, will be attending the 2005 International Oil Spill Conference in Miami Beach, FL. During that conference MAR and MMS will host a Customer Event on May 18th from 5-7pm. We would like to introduce new members of the oil spill industry to our testing, training and research facility and express our thanks to our customers and friends for thier continued support.

Ohmsett, the facility which is located in Atlantic Highlands, NJ is the only facility where full-scale oil spill response equipment testing, research, and training can be conducted in a marine environment with oil under controlled environmental conditions (waves, temperature, oil types). The facility provides an environmentally safe place to conduct objective testing and to develop devices and techniques for the control of oil and hazardous material spills. The facility has many capabilities to introduce new customers to and even older customers that haven't been there for a while. For example, the facility provides:

• A controlled environment for cold water training and testing including the ability to simulate arctic broken ice conditions.
• The renovated conference room, office space and machine stop in the large "Multi-Use" Building
• Hands-on oil spill response training with oil and full scale equipment
• Large-scale dispersant effectiveness experiments and research
• Evaluation of mechanical response equipment including fire-resistant containment boom
• On and under ice remote sensing experiments

MAR and the Minerals Management Service will also be exhibiting on the conference floor at booth number 800. Please stop by and say hello!

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 15, 2005— MAR, Incorporated (MAR) has recieved a delivery order award under our GSA IT Schedule to supply the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) with data dissemination operations support. BEA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is one of the world's leading statistical agencies. The task order has a one year base with four option years. MAR is pleased to have the opportunity to support BEA in its important economic mission.

For more information, contact Sam Sunukjian, Director, IT Services at 301-230-4567 or ssunukjian@marinc.com.

ROCKVILLE, Md., March 10, 2005— MAR, Incorporated briefed members of the Maryland Technology Center(MDTC), which is is a project initiated and managed by Montgomery County Department of Economic Development. The objective of the MTDC is to help young enterprise grow over the critical period of "incubation". Once the business has achieved a momentum of its own and has the ability to survive outside of the incubator, it will graduate into regular commercial and industrial space.

MAR would like to partner and develop relationships with biotech companies that want to pursue business with the Federal Government but are not experienced in Federal contracting. Click this link to view the presentation that was given on March 10th!

ROCKVILLE, Md., February 14, 2005— Effective February 8, 2005 MAR, Incorporated has renewed it's GSA IT Schedule for five more years. To view a copy of the updated GSA rates, click GSA Schedule.

ROCKVILLE, Md., September 13, 2004— MAR, Incorporated (MAR) has received a prime contract to support the Department of Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region’s Environmental Studies Program. Under the contract, MAR and our subcontractors S.L. Ross Environmental Research, Ltd. and D.F. Dickins Associates, Ltd., will conduct a three year research study on the empirical weathering properties of oil in snow and ice. As part of this study, the MAR team will provide scientific, engineering, and data and program management services focused on small-scale experiments, data analysis, and technical reporting to quantitatively measure the effects of a number of physical processes on the fate and behavior of various oils in maritime ice zone regions. This research will provide MMS with an improved understanding of the interaction of crude oils with sea-ice and snow covered sea-ice with the objective of improving oil spill weathering predictive models used as part of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analysis requirements.

The contract was awarded under a full and open procurement and several competing proposals were evaluated. The contract is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee award. This contract is an important strategic win for MAR in that it provides a doorway into a new customer group, provides increased visibility and utilization of the Ohmsett facility operated by MAR, and expands our presence in the federal government scientific and engineering research community.

This successful effort was a direct result of a cooperative team effort involving the MAR Rockville technical staff, led by Dan Hackenberg, Senior Vice President/Director of Engineering, and the MAR Rockville administrative staff as well as members of our Ohmsett team. In particular, Dave DeVitis, James McCourt, Sue Cunneff and Katie Nolan made valuable contributions to this winning proposal. And we look forward to working with Ian Buist and the SL Ross staff as well as D.F. Dickins in the performance of this contract. Thanks to everyone involved and congratulations!

For more information contact Dan Hackenberg, Senior Vice President and Director of Engineering at 301-230-4595 or dhackenberg@marinc.com.

ROCKVILLE, Md., September 13, 2004— MAR, Incorporated (MAR) was notified that we will receive a subcontract from prime contractor ManTech International for engineering and technical support services under a contract awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Bethesda, Maryland. Under this five year Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract, the ManTech Team, including MAR, will support ship and submarine acoustic trials and other signature assessment efforts. Work will be performed on a task-order basis to provide engineering, information technology, analysis, and technical management support to the Navy’s fleet and research-oriented ship signature program requirements. This subcontract will provide MAR the availability of a dedicated long-term contract vehicle to provide on-going and expanded support to the NSWCCD Ship Signatures Department at Carderock, MD and associated research and range facilities located in Idaho, Florida, Washington, Alaska, and the Bahamas.

A special thanks goes to Dan Hackenberg, Senior Vice President/Director of Engineering, (MAR – Rockville office) for leading the technical effort and to contracts and pricing for participating in this winning effort. Great job team!

For more information contact Dan Hackenberg, Senior Vice President and Director of Engineering at 301-230-4595 or dhackenberg@marinc.com.

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 05, 2004—MAR Range Services, LLC (MRS), a wholly owned subsidiary of MAR, Incorporated (MAR) was awarded a Small Business Prime Contract under the NAVSEA Warfare Centers Engineering, Technical, and Programmatic Support Services (SeaPort Enhanced) procurement. Under this multi-award task order contract, MRS and our subcontractor team, will provide comprehensive professional services for technologies and programs supporting; Ships and Ship Systems, Undersea Warfare (USW) Weapons and Vehicles, USW Command and Control Systems, Force Level Warfare, Combat Systems, USW Ranges, Surface Warfare Logistics and Maintenance, Littoral Warfare Systems, Homeland Security and Force Protection, Strategic Weapons, and USW Fleet Material Readiness. Work is expected to be performed at MRS/MAR offices in Maryland, Florida, and California, as well as at other subcontractor and government locations across the United States. For additional information, please visit the MRS/MAR SeaPort –e website at: http://www.marseaport-e.com/ (will open in new browser window)

For more information contact Dan Hackenberg, Senior Vice President and Director of Engineering at 301-230-4595 or dhackenberg@marinc.com.

ROCKVILLE, Md., January 08, 2004—As a result of GSA Federal Supply Service reduction of the IFF rate, MAR, Incorporated has modified our GSA contract to reduce our hourly rates. We are pleased to pass along this savings to our customers. The new rates went into effect on January 1, 2004. To view a copy of the updated GSA rates, click Revised GSA Schedule.

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 14, 2003—MAR, Inc., teamed with Columbia Services Group, Inc (CSG) of Fairfax, VA is pleased to announce our selection as one of the contractors on the FAA Broad Information Technology Services (BITS II) contract. Under BITS II MAR can provide a wide range of services including procurement support, program administration & support, telecommunications and IT systems & support, data analysis & data management, system engineering & design, software development, training functions, emerging technologies, security functions and more.

BITS II is a GWAC, available as a contract vehicle to agencies outside of the FAA. With a one-year base and seven options years, MAR looks forward to a successful relationship with Columbia Services Group in delivering quality services and solutions.

For more information contact Sam Sunukjian, Director, IT Services at 301-230-4567 or ssunukjian@marinc.com or visit the "Team CSG" BITS II Web Site.

ROCKVILLE, Md., January 1, 2003—MAR, Incorporated announced the relocation of its corporate headquarters which are currently based in Rockville, Maryland.

Our new address is:
1803 Research Blvd. Suite 204
Rockville, Maryland 20850-6106

Our main telephone number will remain...
301-231-0100

Our main fax number is...
240-453-9871