Feb. 1, 2006 Cynthia O'Carroll Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (301) 286-4647 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1237 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-006 NASA SELECTS SAIC FOR GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER SUPPORT NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Beltsville, Md., to provide support to the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Atmospheres, Greenbelt, Md. The contractor will also provide support for the Hydrological Sciences Branch in Goddard's Laboratory for Hydrospheric and Biospheric Processes. Both laboratories are located within Goddard's Sun-Earth Exploration Division. The maximum value of the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, cost plus award fee, five year period of performance is $19 million. The principal work will be performed at Goddard. For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/home -end-