Dec. 22, 2004 Gretchen Cook-Anderson Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-0836) Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (Phone: 301/614-5563) CONTRACT RELEASE: C04-ff NASA ANNOUNCES ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT NASA has selected Muniz Engineering, Inc. (MEI), for award of a contract to provide Electrical Systems Engineering Services (ESES) in support of the Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate (AETD) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Md. The contractor will provide electrical engineering support services for the study, design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, verification, and operations of space flight, airborne, and ground system hardware and software. That includes development and validation of new technologies to enable future space and science missions. MEI will receive an 8(a) Cost Plus Award Fee, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a minimum value of $1 million and a maximum value of $450 million. The work will be performed principally at GSFC and in the contractor's future facility to be located in Lanham, Md. The contract will have a five-year ordering period. For more information about AETD on the Web, visit: http://aetd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end-