Sept. 19, 2012

Sonja Alexander 
Headquarters, Washington                                         
202-358-1761 
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov 

Rob Wyman       
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 
757-864-6120 / 757-912-2973 
rob.wyman@nasa.gov 


CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-050

NASA EXERCISES FIRST OPTION PERIOD FOR THE LITES CONTRACT

HAMPTON, Va. -- NASA has awarded Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies of 
Greenbelt, Md., a modification to exercise the first option period 
for the agency's Langley Research Center Information Technology 
Enhanced Services (LITES) task-order contract. 

The value of the option year is not to exceed $36.5 million. The 
five-year contract performance period included a 24-month base period 
and three 12-month option periods with a total value not to exceed 
$183 million. 

LITES provides integrated support that encompasses all activities 
necessary to develop, deploy, upgrade, operate and maintain a system 
that delivers an IT capability for research and development use and 
for business systems and applications. The contract provides support 
through Langley's Office of the Chief Information Officer in the 
areas of science and engineering, project management, business and 
center infrastructure applications, as well as data center support 
not provided as part of NASA's Information Technology Infrastructure 
Improvement Program. 

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