February 17, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC), an Israeli provider of IT services, said that it has been awarded a multi-year, 15 million Israeli shekel (around $4 million) outsourcing contract from Israel’s Ministry of the Interior.

The contract includes an option to extend the contract for an additional three years.

Under the award, Ness will operate and maintain the ministry’s software and hardware infrastructure, including the ministry’s Maor office management system as well as the ministry’s Internet and Intranet systems.

Maor is based on Lotus notes and includes various modules such as document management, meeting room management, message management, digital signatures and others. Ness said it will also support future office management system that will replace Maor in 2011.

In addition, Ness Technologies’ Unified Reference and Delivery Center will serve as the Ministry’s helpdesk for around 850 internal users in 14 sites across Israel, as well as more than 1,000 external users from local authorities who use the ministry’s Internet services.

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