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Corporation Seeking IT Services Company                                                 M4974JB
     Revenue:

$5 to 20 million annual revenues

     Earnings:

Positive earnings / cash flow

     Preferred Industries/Markets:
bulletInformation Technology
bulletSystems Engineering
bulletTelecommunications
bulletAcquisition Management
bulletTest and Training Range Support Systems
bulletEnvironmental and Ecosystem Management
bulletR&D in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
bulletAircraft Part and Auxiliary Equipment
bulletBroadcasting, Wireless, and other equipment manufacturing
bulletOther related services provided to the Federal Government
     Customer Base: 
bulletFederal Government
bulletCommercial Government Contractors
bulletSome State and Local acceptable
bulletSpecific interest in Army, Navy, FAA, AF, USDA, and Homeland Security
     Company Characteristics:
bulletFederal Government Contractor
bulletSignificant contract backlog
bulletCan be prime or subcontractor
bulletPreference for non-8(a) contracts, but 8(a) not excluded
bulletOwner interested in an exit (full-buyout) or a merger
     Geographic Preference:

No limitations, however preference is given to the Washington, DC Metro Area, California, and Colorado.


Our Client is a professional services company providing Information Technology and Engineering Support Services to the federal sector and private industry throughout the United States and several other countries. The company was founded in 1994 and is certified by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) 8(a) program participant.

The company has a senior management team that is experienced in supporting virtually every type and size of contract found in the federal government and private industry and has substantial infrastructure to support growth through acquisition.

The company provides its customers with a spectrum of services and support in systems engineering design and development, information technology, acquisition management, network security, test and training range operations and maintenance, training and education, and environmental and ecosystem management support.

Our client is pursuing a merger or acquisition for growth and to attain scale to compete as a large business. Having outgrown the size standard for many of their SIC and NAICS codes, the company has specific interest in leveraging its proven infrastructure for rapid growth through acquisition. 


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Strategic Acquirer Seeking IT or Electrical Power Systems Company        M6691JB
     Revenue:

$3 to $10 million annual revenues

     Earnings:

$500,000 min. EBITDA or Discretionary Cash Flow

     Preferred Industries/Markets:
bulletStand-by Generator Systems
bulletUninterruptible Power Supplies
bulletSolar Power Systems
bulletFacilities Infrastructure/Cabling
bulletInformation Technology
     Business Model Preferences: 
bulletSystems Integration
bulletValue Added Reseller
bulletLight Manufacturing
bulletField Installation & Maintenance
     Customer Base:
bulletData Centers
bulletLarge Scale Corporate or Retail Offices
bulletHealthcare Facilities
bulletIndustrial Facilities
bulletTransportation/Warehousing Facilities
bulletPreference for mix of commercial and government clients
     Company Characteristics:
bulletSubstantial customer base
bulletRevenue backlog preferred
bulletMix of transactional and recurring revenues
bulletTrack record of stability or nominal growth
bulletAppropriate staffing and resource levels
     Geographic Preference:
bulletGreater Washington, DC area (preference)
bulletMid-Atlantic Region
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania


Our client is a holdings company backed by private investors. The company is led by seasoned executives, each with over 15 years experience developing and growing multi-million dollar business units within middle market technology and telecom companies. One of the principles has a strong sales, marketing, and technical background, including an MBA in Technology Marketing and a MS in Computer Information Systems, and would assume an operational role in the acquired company as the CEO, President, or similar. Another principle is an attorney with significant internal operational and contracting experience and would assume an Executive Vice President or similar role.

Our client can be characterized as a healthy mid-point between an operator and an investment group. As an operator, the principles will take a hands-on role to partner with management to capitalize on existing strengths and exploit the experience and talents that the principles bring. As an investment group, a strategic approach and long term vision is at the core, with sound business planning and industry analysis. The result is an acquiring company that brings the best of both a hands-on owner/operator and the best of an investment group, without the restraints traditionally imposed by venture capital style investment groups. 


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Strategic Acquirer Seeking IT, PM, BPM, or Similar Companies                 M5434LF
     Business Type Sought: Program and project management
Business process re-engineering / 
management / outsourcing
Systems integration and information technology
     Location Preferences: Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC Metro Area
     Acceptable Size Range: $1,000,000 - $10,000,000 in Annual Revenues
     Acceptable Purchase Price: $500,000 to $5,000,000
     Timeframe: Seeking to close within 30 to 90 days.


The buyer is holding company with extensive experience and expertise deploying enterprise systems, managing IT and engineering resources, managing both large enterprise and small business budgets, and managing technology portfolios and global IT teams. In addition, the company has specific experience in the project management, technology, telecommunications, and healthcare space. The two principals of the firm hold MBAs from top tier management schools as well as substantial experience as CEO, CIO, and COO of companies ranging in annual sales from $2.5 million to $250 million. The objective of the buyer is to acquire a company in the MD/DC/VA area with growth potential that can be realized to a greater degree by leveraging the buyer’s expertise, management strengths, and contacts. 

The company to be acquired (the target company) will have core competencies in one or more of the areas listed above. There is specific interest in the IT, telecommunications, and healthcare industries, however interest is not limited to these. Companies with either a commercial or government client base are of interest, as well as companies that service both public and private sector clients. The company should have positive cash flow and the ability to expand its services, customer base, or geographical reach. Minority owned government contractors and 8(a) firms are of interest, but this is not a requirement.

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Buyer Group Seeking to Acquire IT Services Company                               C5424JB
     Business Type Sought: Information Technology Services/Products, 
Software, or Technology Enabled Company
     Location Preferences: Virginia, Maryland, & DC Metro Area preferred
Will also consider other states in the continental U.S.
     Acceptable Size Range: $1,000,000 - $15,000,000 in Annual Revenues
     Acceptable Purchase Price: $500,000 to $10,000,000
     Timeframe: Seeking to close within 30 to 90 days.


The buyer is a group of three experienced executives and operators in the information technology space (the “buyer group”). The group brings scores of experience in business strategy and information technology, including networking infrastructure, outsourcing, systems integration, management consulting, IT strategic planning / design / implementation / testing, IT governance, systems management, program management, operations management, and business development. The group is experienced in both commercial and government sectors.

The buyer group can be characterized as a healthy mid-point between an operator and an investment group. As an operator, the group will take a hands-on role to partner with management to capitalize on existing strengths and exploit the strengths that the buyer group brings. As an investment group, a strategic approach and long term vision is at the core, with sound business planning and industry analysis. The result is a buyer that brings the best of both a hands-on owner operator and an investment group, without the restraints traditionally imposed by venture capital investment groups. 

The company to be acquired will be an information technology service or product company (including software), or may be a company in a non-technical industry whose solution is technology enabled. The company should have positive cash flow and the ability to expand its services, product lines, customer base, or geographical reach. The target company may be a niche player with an elite product or service, or a more main stream solutions provider or value added reseller. In all cases, the buyer group would put in place a strategy to exploit the strengths of the company for growth, whether by adding very specialized services to an existing VAR business model, exploiting an existing niche capability, or adding a portfolio of consulting or managed services. The target company should cater to the small/medium business market, potentially with some Fortune 1000 customers. Companies that sell to the Federal, State, and Local Government market places are also of interest.

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Corporation Seeking IT Services Company with DOD Contracts                  X4216JB
     Business Type Sought: IT Services - Must have government contracts.
     Location Preferences: Continental U.S.
     Acceptable Size Range: Up to $7,000,000 in annual revenues
     Acceptable Purchase Price: Up to $5,000,000
     Timeframe: Seeking to close within 60 days.


The buyer is a Veteran/Minority-owned Small Disadvantaged Business specializing in the planning, engineering, installation, operation and maintenance of C4ISR systems. The company was founded in 2000 and granted SBA 8(a) status is 2002 and has profitably grown to over $4M in annual revenues. The company provides a wide range of engineering and IT services to the Federal Government, including system engineering, analysis, and infrastructure installation, network engineering, systems integration and prototyping, process engineering, software development and configuration management, and information systems security evaluation, design and development. 

The company to be acquired should be a provider of IT services similar to those of the buyer or that could complement those of the buyer. The company should have a Federal Government client base, preferably with established contracts. Customers that are particularly attractive include Navy and Air Force. The ideal acquisition will have one or all four of the following key characteristics: 1.) IT Services, Information Assurance, or Information Operations 2.) D.C. Metro Area location 3.) Federal Government contracts and 4.) Revenues and size similar to the buyer.

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Individual Seeking Software Development Firm                                         C1552LF
     Business Type Sought: IT Services to include Software Development
     Location Preferences: Maryland – Howard, Baltimore or Anne Arundel Counties preferred. Will also consider other Maryland and DC areas.
     Acceptable Size Range: Up to $8,000,000 in Annual Revenues 
with +/- 30 employees
     Acceptable Purchase Price: Up to $4,000,000
     Timeframe: Seeking to close within 60 days.


The buyer is an individual with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, a natural leader and results-driven strategist. A Senior IT Professional with solid business and technical management experience with a proven ability to optimize profit and productivity through IT initiatives as demonstrated by the following accomplishments: rescued a troubled $61 million child welfare project; propelled data accuracy 30% for R&D group of high-profile government office; and instrumental in raising sales force productivity 10% for $255 million business unit. 

The company to be acquired should be a provider of Technology Services with predominance in software development and analytical services. The company should have a strong infrastructure with an energetic team, a proven track record in the technical services arena, and a good reputation for customer service and support. Whether Commercial or Federal Government client base, established contracts are preferable. The ideal acquisition will closely mirror the following key characteristics: (1.) IT Services to include Software Development (2.) Area location – Maryland: Howard, Baltimore or Anne Arundel Counties (3.) Established contracts and (4.) Strong infrastructure.

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ERP Software Firm Wanted                                                                        D9950CG
     Business Type Sought: Software development - specifically ERP software
     Location Preferences: Missouri, or relocatable
     Acceptable Size Range: Up to $1,500,000 in annual Revenues
     Acceptable Purchase Price: Up to $1,000,000 depending upon deal structure
     Timeframe: Seeking to close within 60 days.


The buyer is an accomplished senior manager whose career path drove through new product development and engineering for software and other technology products. Having led many entrepreneurial efforts for Silicon Valley start-ups, he desires to acquire an existing positive cash flow business to follow his entrepreneurial drive as a business owner. He has exceptional skills on the product side and also with organizational structure/management, and is looking for an opportunity to create additional value to a tech-based enterprise. 

Acquisition will be a technology business that is software based, preferably with an internet component to it (ASP model, etc.). Productized software that targets larger ticket sales and contract-based revenues would be ideal, but the buyer is open-minded and will consider opportunities outside the ideal as long as software is involved.

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Private Equity Group                                                                                    F8009JB
     Business Type Sought: Specialty Services, Business Services, Mfg, Dist.
     Location Preferences: Continental U.S.
     Acceptable Size Range: Revenues above $8 million - will consider smaller
     Acceptable Purchase Price: Preference is Purchase Price between $5 million and $100 million but will consider smaller
     Timeframe: Willing to close within 90 days or up to 24 months


The buyer is a private investment firm located on the east coast that acquires or recapitalizes niche leading profitable private companies. The buyer works in partnership with operating managers and owners, using the buyer’s capital, to fund recapitalizations, management buyouts, family successions, and industry consolidations. The company to be acquired should be a leader in their industry and should have a diverse and stable customer base with no single customer representing more than 20% of sales. Strong management and a geographical focus of the continental U.S. is preferred. Companies with revenues above $8 million and/or EBITDA above $2 million are particularly attractive although smaller companies will be considered.

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Private Equity Group                                                                                    T5794JB
     Business Type Sought: Specialty Services, Business Services, Mfg, Dist.
     Location Preferences: Continental U.S.
     Acceptable Size Range: Revenues from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000, 
EBITDA from $1,250,000 to $5,000,000
     Acceptable Purchase Price: TBD
     Timeframe: Willing to close within 90 days.


The buyer is a private investment firm located in mid-America that acquires or recapitalizes niche leading profitable private companies. The buyer looks to acquire companies in specialty or "niche" distribution, manufacturing, and service industries in concert with some of the nation's leading institutional investors. Target companies are middle market sized firms that show a history of consistent profitability and annual operating cash flow of at least $1.25 million. This Company is not interested in restaurants, real estate opportunities, or companies with a significant degree of technology risk.

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