GRC NEWS RELEASE 03-023



03-023
For Release: April 16, 2003



Sally V. Harrington
Media Relations Office
216/433-2037
Sally.V.Harrington@nasa.gov


NASA Awards Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Virginia Small Business 

NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, has selected RS Information 
Systems (RSIS), Inc., a small business in McLean, Va., for 
professional, administrative, computational, engineering and 
information-technology support services. The estimated value of the 
contract, including options, is approximately $61 million.



The contract, which begins on June 1, 2003, is a follow-on contract to 
an existing agreement for similar services. This is a cost plus 
fixed-fee, task order, performance-based contract. The contract 
period of performance is for a three-year base period plus one 
two-year option, for a total of five years.



Support of center-wide information technology requirements under this 
contract will include: business systems and applications, 
computational scientific services, advanced networking systems, 
technology development, facilities and emerging technology.



RSIS is a Small Business Administration 8(a) company and the recent 
winner of NASA's George M. Low Award.



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