BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND JOHNSON ENGINEERING RECEIVE JSC’S 1998 SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD



May 13, 1998



Ed Campion
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Phone: 281/483-5111



Sheila Self
Barrios Technology, Inc.
Phone: 281/280-1911

<h4>Release: J98-15</h4> <h3Barrios Technology, Inc. and Johnson 
Engineering Receive JSC’s 1998 Small Business Contractor of the Year 
Award</h3> 

Barrios Technology, Inc. and Johnson Engineering Corporation were 
recently selected as Johnson Space Center&rsquo;s 1998 Small Business 
Contractor of the Year by the center Director George W. S. Abbey. The 
distinguished awards were presented by Mr. Jim Shannon, Director, 
Business Management, NASA/JSC to Sandy Johnson, President of Barrios 
Technology and to Tom Short, President of Johnson Engineering at the 
Government Procurement Connection &rsquo;98 awards and appreciation 
luncheon held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. 
Barrios was selected for their outstanding effort in providing 
Information Systems Analysis and Integration Support to the 
International Space Station (ISS). Barrios is responsible for 
developing and sustaining an electronic information system to provide 
ISS users with access to technical and management program data. Tasks 
include database development, applications development, systems 
operations, and technical planning. Barrios Technology currently 
employs 300 personnel providing information technology, space 
operations, training, and configuration/change management services to 
NASA, the Department of Defense, and the contractor community, as 
well as the commercial sector. Johnson Engineering Corporation was 
selected for the company&rsquo;s outstanding effort in providing 
Flight Crew Systems support to multiple programs, including the Space 
Shuttle Program and the Space Station Program. 



The Johnson Engineering Prime Contract includes design, development, 
and fabrication of mockups and trainers used for astronaut training 
in the Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) at the Johnson Space 
Center and in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) at the Sonny 
Carter Test Facility. Other Johnson Engineering responsibilities 
under this contract include facility operations and sustaining 
engineering in the MAIL and the NBL; the development and provisioning 
of flight crew equipment; crew station stowage design and payload 
integration, human systems engineering; and configuration management 
support. Johnson Engineering has been privileged to work as a 
contractor to the Johnson Space Center since 1974 starting with a 
habitability study for Skylab, which led to involvement and support 
for stowage design and payload integration on every manned mission 
since the first flight of the Shuttle in 1978. The Government 
Procurement Connection has evolved into a collaborative effort 
between local, state, and federal government entities. This unique 
event marks an exciting new day in inter-governmental cooperation and 
information accessibility regarding government contracting 
opportunities. Guests speakers at the luncheon included Houston Mayor 
Lee Brown, Master of Ceremonies Bill Balleza, News Anchor from 
Channel 2, and keynote speaker Dr. Julian Earls, Deputy Director for 
Operations, NASA/Lewis Research Center.

	
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