NASA Awards Software Engineering Support Contract

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded the software engineering support
contract at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
Md., to Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc. of Pasadena, Calif.

The 8A set-aside cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite
quantity contract has a minimum value of $5 million and a maximum
value of $250 million. The period of performance is five years, which
will begin after a 45-day phase-in period.

The contractor will acquire on and off-site support for the core
business of the Software Engineering Division (SED) at Goddard. The
work will include, but is not limited to, the design, development,
test, and deployment of software; data and information systems for
aerospace missions within the Applied Engineering and Technology
Directorate. The work also includes support for the SED managed
development and test labs, test facilities and technical operations.
The work will be performed at Goddard and at the contractor's
facility in Greenbelt.

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Source: NASA