May 27, 2010 Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@xxxxxxxx Cynthia M. O'Carroll NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-4647 cynthia.m.ocarroll@xxxxxxxx CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-030 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. For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx