Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator's instruction) Your first question comes from the line of Will Loomis - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
William Loomis - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Quarter, just looking at the bids and first of all in new organic growth, you came in at the low and you mentioned that it was products but then you also mentioned for example on the stock contract that was a little bit later in the quarter to start up. How much of that, when you look at the sequential improvement revenues from fourth to first quarter, how much was because of some of that large contract once you had in 2008 were a little bit late in starting up and how much is the kind of new wins that you expect went since?
Terry W. Glasgow
Will this is Terry. As far as new wins contributing in the first quarter of 2009 other than what we have talked that there are no major new awards built into the first quarter, we do have a ramp up of things that occurred in the third and fourth quarter like we said and some of those will not fully ramp up in the first quarter. They will ramp up through the year so it is a combination of factors there.
William Loomis - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
So as far as coming on the low end of your guidance on the fourth quarter, how much of it was the product shortfall versus some of the direct labor type contracts that were later to start up?
Judith L. Bjornaas
It was almost all either products or subcontractors.
William Loomis - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Okay.
Terry W. Glasgow
The other things would have come in that would have improved it but as you have said, it was that that pass through in product kind of thing.
Judith L. Bjornaas
That one process that he talked about, we were aware of that at the time we gave guidance so that was built into our assumption.
William Loomis - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Okay and then just one question on the $215 million in award versus the $195 million you put in backlog, what is the difference there and then related to that of the $173 million National Guard task order, how much of that was put in the backlog?
Judith L. Bjornaas
I will answer the second question first. Of the $173, all of that was put in backlog. We have a very strong relationship with this customer. We fully expect that backlog to be utilized. The difference between the $215 million and the $195 million, the National Guard contract is a big part of that $20 million differential. They actually recomputed that contract early so we did have something in backlog for our existing work on that under the old vehicle that was replaced by the $173.
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