Sonja Alexander 
Headquarters, Washington, DC                       Feb.1, 2000
(Phone:  202/358-1761)

RELEASE:  c00-b

NASA HEADQUARTERS AWARDS RESEARCH SUPPORT CONTRACT

     NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, has selected Global 
Science & Technology, Inc. (GST), Greenbelt, MD, for award of a 
five-year contract to support the process for soliciting and 
selecting NASA research investigations.  GST will perform the work 
through a teaming arrangement with subcontractors InDyne, Inc. 
(IDI), McLean, VA, and Science Applications International 
Corporation (SAIC), Hampton, VA. 

     Services to be provided by GST and its team members include 
assisting preparation of agency research solicitations; processing 
research proposals; and arranging all logistics support for 
proposal evaluation by panels of scientists, engineers, and 
discipline-related experts from public and private academic 
institutions, industry, NASA, and other government laboratories.

     GST is also responsible for providing logistics support of 
post-selection activities and for maintaining an interactive 
Internet site and electronic database that allow for submission 
and storage of research proposals and associated documentation.  
This is a new Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity cost-plus-
award-fee contract that replaces six contracts currently 
performing these functions for NASA Headquarters offices.

     Primary customers for the services are NASAšs Office of Space 
Science, Office of Earth Science, Office of Life and Microgravity 
Sciences and Applications, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, 
and Office of Human Resources and Education.  However, the 
contract will be open for use by all NASA organizations.

     The contract has a minimum ordering value of $5M and a 
maximum value of $145M.


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