March 25, 2011

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: C11-014

NASA MAKES SELECTION FOR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

WASHINGTON -- NASA selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of McLean, Va , for the NASA Integrated Communications Services (NICS) contract

SAIC will provide managerial and technical expertise to support NASA's Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for corporate and mission communications needs, including local area network management at all NASA centers Functions include corporate and mission enterprise services; center and associated component facility services; infrastructure projects; and contract management services

The contract is a follow-on effort for numerous agency and center contracts, including the Unified NASA Information Technology Services (UNITeS) contract and portions of the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA contracts

NASA awarded a purchase order to SAIC for performance of phase-in activities to transition from existing contracts to NICS This purchase order covers phase-in activities through May 31

The NICS contract is part of the NASA Information Technology Infrastructure Integration Program, also known as I3P, managed by the agency's CIO There will be a three-year base period, followed by one two-year option; one three-year option; and one two-year option period The options may be exercised at NASA's discretion

The NICS contract is a cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract, with an indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) feature The base award of this contract is $340 million The maximum potential value of this contract if all options are exercised, including the maximum IDIQ value, is $1 3 billion

For more information about NASA's CIO, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ocio

For information about NASA's I3P, visit:

http://i3p nasa gov

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