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clearAvenue awarded the VLER BPA from DOD.

clearAvenue awarded the DOD DSLogon Development and Support Contract.

clearAvenue awarded the Freedom and Information Act Backlog Elimination Support contract at Department of Homeland Security.

clearAvenue achieves ISO9001:2008 certification.

clearAvenue Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3.

clearAvenue obtains ISO/IEC 20000 Certification.

clearAvenue awarded a BPA from Department of Homeland Security for Operations and Maintenance of Software.

clearAvenue awarded the STARS II Government Wide Accquisition Contract (GWAC).

clearAvenue awarded the Middleware Services Contract at United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

clearAvenue teams with CACI and is awarded the VLER Task order for Identity and Access Management at Department of Veterans Affairs.

clearAvenue teams with Stanley Associates and wins the Patent End to End Next Generation Phase I contract.
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clearAvenue awarded the VLER BPA from DOD
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Columbia, MD, October 8, 2011:
clearAvenue was one of the select companies that was awarded the Blanket Purchase Agreement from the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Information Technology services.
“We are excited about this opportunity, given that clearAvenue is currently supporting the VLER initiative for Department of Veterans Affairs, we will be able to provide synergies across DOD and VA” said Dr. Srini Kankanahalli, CTO and VP of Engineering at clearAvenue, LLC.

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure services. clearAvenue,LLC is an SEI CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 3 appraised, ISO 20000 and ISO 9001:2008 registered, Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business..The company also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit :www.clearavenue.com.

learAvenue awarded the DOD DSLogon Development and Support Contract.
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Columbia, MD, October 9, 2011:
clearAvenue was awarded the task order for DOD DSLogon Development and Support under the DMDC VLER BPA. Under this contract clearAvenue will support the software design, software development and sustainment of the DOD Self-Service Logon (DS Logon).
“clearAvenue has been supporting VA Authentication and Federation Infrastructure (VAAFI) which is one of the large federation partners for DSLogon. With this contract award, we will bring our best practices and our experience and expertise to DOD” said Dr. Srini Kankanahalli, CTO and VP of Engineering at clearAvenue, LLC.

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure services. clearAvenue,LLC is an SEI CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 3 appraised, ISO 20000 and ISO 9001:2008 registered, Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business..The company also follows Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue awarded the Freedom and Information Act Backlog Elimination Support contract at Department of Homeland Security
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Columbia, MD October 10, 2011:
clearAvenue was awarded the freedom of information backlog elimination support contract at United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Under this contract, clearAvenue and its partner TDB communications will provide services to the Agency to eliminate the 30,000 backlog of outstanding FOIA requests.

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure services. clearAvenue,LLC is an SEI CMMI-DEV Maturity Level 3 appraised, ISO 20000 and ISO 9001:2008 registered, Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business..The company also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue achieves ISO9001:2008 certification
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Columbia, MD , October 4, 2011:
clearAvenue, LLC announced today that it has been certified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) at its 9001: 2008 standard. An external auditor conducted a formal appraisal to scrutinize clearAvenue’s quality management methodologies systems and processes, clearAvenue’s certification by an external auditor is a clear indicator of our commitment to quality of our deliverables to our clients results for all of its clients.
“clearAvenue has invested in building the quality infrastructure in terms of tools, training, processes as well as process assets with a focus to deliver outstanding value to our clients” said Ravi Mysore, a principal at clearAvenue.

About ISO 9001:2008:
ISO 9001:2008 is a quality management system standard that is aimed at helping firm's organize activities based on setting objectives and then developing procedures to ensure the achievement of quality objectives. The quality objectives are geared towards ensuring that a company is meeting and exceeding customer expectations. By developing common processes and associated documentation, employees better understand how they can support the organizations objectives, and management ensures that everyone is aiming towards the same goals. Through analyzing business practices, the organization is better able to identify and eliminate the cause of customer dissatisfaction and foster an environment of business process improvement. For more information, please visit http://www.iso.org.

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure Services. clearAvenue, LLC is a Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business. The company also follows also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue Appraised at CMMI Maturity Level 3
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Columbia, MD, October 3, 2011:
clearAvenue announced today that the firm's Software Development and Systems integration processes received a CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) Level 3 Rating from an external lead appraiser. The organization underwent a SCAMPI A appraisal.. The appraisal results reinforces clearAvenue’s commitment to a systematic set of software development processes that provides repeatability, consistency and quality.
“clearAvenue is delighted to obtain our CMMI Maturity Level 3. We have been operating at Maturity level 3 for some time, but now we have been formally appraised at that level in a SCAMPI A” said Mr. Ravi Mysore, a principal at clearAvenue.

About CMMI:
CMMI is an internationally recognized quality assurance standard that was developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. It has become the standard for assessing the competence of an organization's capability in applying process based methodology to software development, with a focus on continual process improvement. CMMI can be used to set process improvement goals and provide guidance for quality processes.
CMMI levels are given a numeric scale from Level 1 to Level 5 to rate the maturity of a software development process within an organization. The accreditation is awarded only to organizations that can document a high level of software and organizational standards of CMMI. For more information, please visit www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure Services. clearAvenue, LLC is a Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business. The company also follows also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue obtains ISO/IEC 20000 Certification
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Columbia, MD-- October 4, 2011:
clearAvenue, LLC. announced today that the company has been successfully certified against the ISO/IEC 20000 standard. This certification provides clearAvenue’s commitment to quality processes and best practices in IT Service Management (ITSM). “We believe that this certification benefits our clients because we can provide better service management capabilities, improved service levels and predictable, reliable infrastructure at reduced cost” said Dr. Srini Kankanahalli, CTO and VP of Engineering at clearAvenue.

About ISO/IEC 20000 Certification
ISO/IEC 20000 is an international IT standard that allows companies to demonstrate excellence and prove best practices in IT Service Management. The standard ensures companies can achieve evidence-based benchmarks to continuously improve their delivery of IT services. ISO/IEC 20000 was released in 2005 based on the IT infrastructure library (ITIL®) best practice framework, and updated in 2011.
ISO/IEC 20000 specifies requirements for an ITSM system that utilizes industry best practices such as ITIL where an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to provide IT Services that are aligned with customer and business requirements, aims to enhance customer satisfaction, all while being both highly scalable and reducing IT costs.

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure Services. clearAvenue, LLC is a Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business. The company also follows also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue awarded a BPA from Department of Homeland Security for Operations and Maintenance of Software
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Columbia, MD, September 15, 2011:
clearAvenue, LLC has been awarded a Blanket Purchase Order for the Operations and Maintenance (O &M )of Software systems at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Task orders under this BPA will provide for the overall management, planning, development, operations, maintenance and evaluations of ICE software initiatives.
“We are delighted to be given the opportunity to serve ICE” said Dr. Srini Kankanahalli, CTO and VP of Engineering at clearAvenue.

clearAvenue awarded the STARS II Government Wide Accquisition Contract (GWAC) .
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Columbia, MD, August 18, 2011 :
clearAvenue, LLC announced today that the firm has been awarded the United States General Services Administration (GSA) 8(a) Streamlined Technology Acquisition Resources for Services (STARS) II Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), a multiple-award (MA), Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle with a program ceiling of $10 billion for a five (5) year base period with a five (5) year option period.
clearAvenue will provide a full range of IT services and IT-based solutions in all four functional areas: Custom Computer Programming Services (NAICS 541511), Computer Systems Design Services (NAICS 541512), Computer Facilities Management Services (NAICS 541513), and Other Computer Related Services (NAICS 541519. clearAvenue has been awarded the contract for all the functional areas in both constellation I and constellation II.

About GSA 8(a) STARS II :
The 8(a) STARS II GWAC is designed to promote small business utilization when purchasing information technology (IT) services or IT services-based solutions for the federal government. The 8(a) STARS II program is reserved exclusively for qualifying certified 8(a) small business concerns as the prime contractors per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.8.

Awarded: Constellation I and Constellation II under functional area 1, functional area 2, functional area 3 and functional area 4

8(a) STARS II features

  • Multiple award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle
  • Five-year base with one five-year option
  • $10 billion program ceiling
  • Directed Order Authority: Directed task orders up to $4 million each are allowed for federal civilian and Department of Defense activities

8(a) STARS II benefits

  • 8(a) socioeconomic credit transferrable to the agency
  • Pre-competed, easy to use contracts
  • Access to proven 8(a) small business technology providers
  • Shortened procurement lead time
  • A low user access fee (0.75 percent) built into contractor's ceiling prices
About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure Services. clearAvenue, LLC is a Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business. The company also follows also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue awarded the Middleware Services Contract at United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Columbia, MD, May 2, 2011 :
clearAvenue was awarded the Middleware Services contract at USPTO. Under this contract, clearAvenue will support multiple middleware technologies such as Websphere, Jboss and others at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

About clearAvenue, LLC..
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure Services. clearAvenue, LLC is a Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business. The company also follows also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue teams with CACI and is awarded the VLER Task order for Identity and Access Management at Department of Veterans Affairs.
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clearAvenue has teamed up with CACI to design and implement the Identity and Access Management services at Department of Veterans Affairs. Team CACI will build various prototypes and validate the technologies for various Identity and Access Management initiatives in Department of Veterans Affairs.

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure Services. clearAvenue, LLC is a Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business. The company also follows also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.

clearAvenue teams with Stanley Associates and wins the Patent End to End Next Generation Phase I contract.
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Columbia, MD, November 1, 2010: clearAvenue is a subcontractor to Stanley associates for the Patent End to End Next Generation Phase 1 contract. clearAvenue as a subcontractor will utilize its expertise in Agile methodologies such as Scrum to design, develop, implement and deliver the next generation architecture .

“clearAvenue has extensive expertise in a variety of open source and large data infrastructures such as Hadoop, Solr and others, which will be utilized to build the infrastructure”, said Dr. Srini Kankanahalli, CTO and VP of Engineering for clearAvenue.

About clearAvenue, LLC.
clearAvenue, LLC is a leader in Systems Integration, Software Development and Infrastructure Services. clearAvenue, LLC is a Woman-owned 8(a) certified small disadvantaged business. The company also follows also follows the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology as well as Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standards. clearAvenue has outstanding past performance, as evidenced by our "Exceeds Customer Expectations" rating from Dun & Bradstreet and a 96 out of 100 rating from Open Ratings. With Offices in Columbia, MD and Linthicum MD, for more information, visit www.clearavenue.com.


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