March 29, 2010

Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja r alexander@nasa gov

Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md 301-286-4647 cynthia m ocarroll@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-019

NASA EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR SUPERCOMPUTING SUPPORT SERVICES

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif -- NASA will exercise a one-year extension option on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation in Lanham, Md , to provide supercomputing support services at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif The extension is valued at approximately $57 million

The option exercised on the cost-plus-award-fee contract begins April 1, 2010, and will continue to March 31, 2011 The contract consists of a two-year base period and eight one-year priced options with a maximum value of approximately $597 million if all options are exercised

The company will continue to support the supercomputing services provided by the agency's primary high performance computing facility operated by the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division at Ames The division serves as the supercomputing pathfinder for the agency; maintains a deep knowledge of high performance computing and related technologies and applications; and develops and operates some of the largest, most advanced and productive supercomputers in the world

The contract is structured so the company also may provide supercomputing services to the NASA Center for Computational Sciences facility at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md , and additional high performance computing support to other agency field centers as needed

For more information about high performance advanced supercomputing at Ames, visit:

http://www nas nasa gov

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