EXHIBIT 99


                  Richard D. Falcone, CFO       Joseph M. Zappulla
                  TACT                          Wall Street Investor Relations
   [GRAPHIC]      732-499-8228                  212-714-2445
                  rfalcone@tact.com             jzappulla@wallstreetir.com



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                             TACT RECEIVES EXTENSION
                    FROM NASDAQ LISTING QUALIFICATIONS PANEL

NEW YORK, NY, May 16, 2003 - The A Consulting Team, Inc. ("TACT") (Nasdaq:
TACX), an IT and e-Service provider to Fortune 1000 companies, today announced
that it has received an additional extension to August 11, 2003 from Nasdaq's
Listing Qualifications Panel to comply with the minimum bid price requirement
necessary to remain listed on Nasdaq's SmallCap Market.

         About TACT
TACT (Nasdaq: TACX) is an end-to-end IT Services and e-Services provider to
Fortune 1000 companies and other large organizations. TACT through its SMART
Approach, a leading edge set of end-to-end solutions and services that include
Strategy, Methodology, Architecture, Resources and Tools provides its clients
with modernization services, which include systems that should be replaced and
rewritten, enhanced, converted or Web Enabled. More information about TACT(R)
can be found at its web site at http://www.tact.com.


"Safe Harbor" Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: Statements made in this press release which are not historical facts,
including those that refer to TACT plans, beliefs and intentions, are
"forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks
and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements, and include, but are not limited to, TACT's ability
to scale its existing and any new businesses. For a more complete description of
the risks that apply to TACT's business, please refer to the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company's actual results may
differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of certain factors set forth under Risk Factors and
elsewhere in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 28, 2003.