Master Key Consulting locks down Justice award

Master Key Consulting has won a management and software services contract from the Justice Department.

Master Key Consulting will provide information technology management services to the Justice Department under a five-year contract worth $16.9 million.

Under the terms of the General Services Administration's IT Schedule 70 contract, Master Key will provide Justice's Office of the Chief Information Officer with configuration management, software testing, end-user support services and customer relationship management.

The company was founded in December 2000 with three employees. Since then, it has won federal contracts worth more than $100 million.

The Bethesda, Md., company has more than 140 employees in 11 states and the District of Columbia. Clients include the Environmental Protection Agency, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Education, Justice, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security departments.