PEC Solutions Awarded Contract to Provide Technical Support to the United States Army Medical Information Technology Center

Business Wire, Oct 5, 2004

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Engagement Valued at up to $3.4 Million

PEC Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ NM:PECS), announced today that the United States Army Medical Information Technology Center (USAMITC) has awarded the company a contract to provide services in support of the deployment of Windows 2003 Operating System and Active Directory, and Exchange 2003 and post-deployment support. The contract period is for one base year plus two option years, and is valued at $3.4M, if all options are exercised.

The mission of the United States Army Medical Information Technology Center (USAMITC) is to develop, deploy, and sustain the United States Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Enterprise Information Technology systems and serve as the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Chief Information Officer's operational arm.

PEC will provide security engineering, system domain administration, and technical support to USAMITC with their Windows Server 2003/Exchange Server 2003 enterprise migration effort. This will involve providing support to 50 sites worldwide affecting 65,000 users.

About PEC Solutions, Inc.

PEC, founded in 1985, is a professional services firm that helps government clients harness the power of the Internet and other advanced technologies to improve mission performance. The company specializes in Web-Enabling Government(R) by providing secure, interoperable technology solutions for clients in homeland security, criminal justice and intelligence, defense, and civilian agencies within the federal government and at state and local levels. PEC is based in Fairfax County, Virginia, with offices around the United States. Visit the company on the Web at www.pec.com.

For more information, contact Martha Hill, PEC Director of Investor Relations, at 703-679-4900.

SafeHarbor Statement

This press release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. PEC assumes no obligation to update the information contained in this press release. PEC's future results may be affected by its ability to continue to implement its government technology solutions, its dependence on the federal government and state and local governments and other federal government contractors as its major customers, timely passage of components of the federal budget, timely obligations of funding by the federal and state governments, its dependence on procuring, pricing and performing short-term government contracts, its dependence on hiring and retaining qualified professionals, potential fluctuations in its quarterly operating results, including seasonal impacts, its dependence on certain key employees and its ability to timely and effectively integrate the businesses it may acquire. For further information about forward-looking statements and other specific risks and uncertainties, please refer to PEC's recent SEC filings, including the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2004, which are available on the company's website (www.pec.com).