Sept 18, 2008

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

Angela Storey Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala 256-544-0034 angela d storey@nasa gov
CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-057

NASA ANNOUNCES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT EXTENSION

HUNTSVILLE, Ala -- NASA has extended the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, or UNITeS, contract with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego This extension allows for the completion of an information technology infrastructure realignment and implementation through competition of various NASA agency-wide contracts

The $214,470,324 contract extension provides NASA with agency-wide information services, information technology services to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala , and support for Marshall's Integrated Enterprise Management Program, which combines agency financial resources and travel office information

The modification provides additional support from Jan 1, 2009, through Nov 30, 2009 With this extension, the value of the contract, including options, is approximately $1 1 billion The UNITeS contact was awarded to SAIC in January 2004

Marshall's responsibilities for information technology include managing software applications, Web/computer server systems, audiovisual information, telecommunications, information technology security, information technology procurement, documentation storage and protection hardware maintenance Support under the UNITeS contract includes NASA-wide information technology security, encryption security systems, computer networking and digital imaging

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