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FEDERAL

Accenture National Security Services of Annapolis Junction won $55.9 million from the Department of Homeland Security for business operations support services.

Align Staffing of Greenbelt won $3.5 million from the Army respite care services.

Concentric Security of Sykesville won $46,650 from the Army for concrete Jersey barriers.

Ea/Hhf Joint Venture of Hunt Valley won $3 million from the Army for engineering and environmental services.

Frank Parsons Paper of Landover won $10,369 from the Department of Homeland Security for toner cartridge for printers, copiers and fax machines.

H&H Truck & Trailer Service of Marlboro won $71,832 from the Department of Homeland Security to modify a government-owned vehicle.

Information Technology Systems of Fort Washington won $86,700 and $92,782 from the Department of Justice for software.

Donna K. Jones of Silver Spring won $845,400 from the Department of Justice to hire a senior administrative assistant.

Jones Technologies of Lanham won $438,132 from the Department of Homeland Security for management and operations support services for hazardous waste accumulation at the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command in Seattle.

Lockheed Martin Services of Gaithersburg won $2 million from the Air Force for information technology equipment.

Netforce Automated Technologies of Nanjemoy won $25,000 from the Air Force video surveillance equipment and installation.

Total Contracting of Beltsville won $3.71 million from the Air Force to install carpet and flooring at Bolling Air Force Base.

Source: Targeted News Service

DEALS

Bill Me Later of Timonium, which provides online bill-paying services, was acquired by eBay of San Jose, Calif., for about $820 million in cash and $125 million worth of outstanding options. EBay plans to combine Bill Me Later with its PayPal division.

Omega Healthcare Investors of Timonium, a real estate investment trust, closed on $40.0 million of new investments with Guardian LTC Management Inc., an existing operator of the company, involving the sale and leaseback of three skilled nursing facilities and a continuing care retirement community, all in Pennsylvania.

TVI Corp. of Glenn Dale received a $3.5 million follow-on order from the Army for C2A1 filter canisters for gas masks.

Gryphon Technologies of Greenbelt won a $17 million Navy contract to provide expeditionary warfare programs in maintenance, modification, repair, trial support and strategic sea-lift programs.

Sandy Spring Bancorp of Olney, parent of Sandy Spring Bank, will record a $2.3 million pretax, non-cash charge in its third-quarter earnings related to impairment of goodwill associated with its leasing subsidiary, The Equipment Leasing Co.

Sawmill Marketing Public Relations of Baltimore was selected by AOEware of Philadelphia to launch a national campaign to promote its newest software product, Bindpoint.

Lockheed Martin of Bethesda won a $41 million contract from the U.S. Transportation Command to continue operating the Global Transportation Network command and control system through its Mountain View, Calif., office. The deal brings the total value of the contract since 1995 to $475 million. Lockheed Martin also won a $30 million contract to lead the Army's modernization of the M299 launcher family.

Fortrex Technologies of Frederick was selected by Curbstone Corp. of Ball Ground, Ga., to perform its annual security software audit.

Spectrum K12 School Solutions of Towson, which provides student achievement management software systems to school districts, landed a $7.4 million investment round led by Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Capital Trust Ventures, Comerica Bank and MMV Financial Inc.

Chesapeake System Solutions of Owings Mills was selected by Aetna to provide its account reconciliation software.

TLC—The Treatment and Learning Centers of Rockville opened its Early Learning Center in North Potomac. The center serves 90 children who were previously housed in two locations.

Bridge Laboratories of Gaithersburg won a five-year contract worth up to $4.1 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to provide toxicological evaluations for potential medications used to treat drug abuse.

SimQuest of Silver Spring won grants the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards and Technology and National Science Foundation to develop components of a surgical training simulator.

PROPERTY

First Potomac Realty Trust of Bethesda acquired two properties from affiliates of General Growth Properties: Rivers Park I & II, a six-building, 306,656-square-foot flex-office property in Columbia, for $42.3 million in cash; and Triangle Business Center, a four-building, 73,456-square-foot flex-office property in Baltimore, for $4.5 million in cash.

UniStar Properties of Bethesda purchased 1536 Genesis Road, Crossville, Tenn., a Class A distribution center-warehouse office facility in a foreign trade zone, for $30.7 million. The building, with 671,000 net rentable square feet on 54.43 acres, is fully leased by CoLinx LLC.

BANKRUPTCIES

Comija Inc.

Baltimore

Case – 08-22791

Filed 10/2/2008

Attorney

James L. Wiggins

410-539-2244

Assets: $1 million to $10 million

Debts: $100,001 to $500,000

No. of creditors: 1-49

DQS Global Inc.

Silver Spring

Case – 08-22917

Filed 10/6/2008

Attorney

Karen H. Moore

301-313-9165

Assets: $50,001 to $100,000

Debts: $1 million to $10 million

No. of creditors: 1-49

Educational Computer Workshop

Frederick

Case – 08-22889

Filed 10/6/2008

Attorney

Alton E. Drew

404-753-8696

Assets: $0 to $50,000

Debts: $50,001 to $100,000

No. of creditors: 1-49

Maasiah Transport LLC

Beltsville

Case – 08-23006

Filed 10/7/2008

Attorney

Sari K. Kurland

301-424-2834

Assets: $0 to $50,000

Debts: $0 to $50,000

No. of creditors: 1-49

Source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt and Baltimore.