Fairfax, Virginia – July 7, 2005 –US Army awards Codeplaus/Innovations Group blanket purchasing agreement for acquisition of passive RFID integration software and technical engineering services. Agreement provides US Army a Contract Vehicle to leverage the CODEplus/Innovations Group team’s expertise as leading RFID Solutions and Service providers to the Logistics Community.

Fairfax, VA – As part of the United State Government’s – and in particular the Department of Defense’s – commitment to improving their logistic processes and operations, CODE Plus and the Innovations Group (IG) have been awarded a Blanket Purchasing Agreement to provide passive RFID software and engineering services to the Department of Defense and the U.S. Coast Guard.

This two-year BPA is a multiple award contract vehicle that can be used to issue various RFID related task orders, each with a ceiling of up to $5,000,000.00. Under the terms of this agreement, the CODEplus/IG team will supply the Army the eManageIT™ RFID Tag & Ship Solution, eManageIT™ RFID Network Health Monitor, and an array of technical engineering services including software development, system integration, staffing, training and deployment.

"This award is the latest in the series of recognitions CODEplus has received as a forerunner in the area of RFID by the Commercial and US Federal Government communities," said Jinan AbouShakra, President and CEO, CODEplus. "Through this relationship, the Department of Defense expects to improve the efficiency, visibility and quality of its global defense supply chain," continued Ms. AbouShakra.

"We are very excited to be part of this award," added Paul Biberacher, COO, Innovations Group. "This will expand our technical engineering services to new growth arenas."

For a redacted version of the blanket purchase agreement, please visit the US Army CECOM Acquisition Center Awarded Contracts page at Passive RFID EPC–1 BPA (CODEplus), W91QUZ–05–A–0025.