Rockville, MD – October 26, 2011 – Turning Point Global Solutions, a software engineering and Information Technology (IT) professional services firm, today announced that it has been recently awarded as a Prime Contractor under the 8(a) STARS II program through the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). 

8(a) STARS II is a five-year, $10 billion program prequalifying and selecting firms who meet stringent criteria including competitive pricing, technical proficiency, and industry credentials.  8(a) STARS II consists of two tiers or constellations based on industry accreditations each with four functional areas across computer programming, systems design, facilities management and other computer-related services.  Constellation I includes industry partners with competitive pricing and technical proficiency, while Constellation II includes industry partners who also have an additional industry credential, which can include Capability Maturity Model Integration II+ (services or development), ISO 9001: 2000 (replaced by ISO 9001:2008), or ISO 9001: 2008.

About Turning Point Global Solutions

Headquartered in Rockville, MD, TurningPoint is a CMMI Maturity Level 3, independently appraised software engineering professional services firm that serves a diversified group of commercial and government customers, enabling them to generate value from their IT investments. TurningPoint achieves these results through the successful planning, development, integration, and maintenance of IT solutions and by driving operational efficiencies into infrastructure operations. TurningPoint’s focus is on providing high availability business applications that improve bottom-line results by streamlining high-transaction-volume, mission-critical business processes. For more information, visit www.tpgsi.com.