David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington, DC                          May 26, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1730)

Lynn Chandler
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
(Phone: 301/286-9016)

RELEASE:  C98-f

GLOBAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC. SELECTED TO PROVIDE COMPUTER, 
SCIENTIFIC, AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

     NASA has selected Global Science and Technology, Inc. 
(GS&TI), Greenbelt, MD, for a $40 million contract to provide 
computer, scientific, and research and development support for the 
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.  

     This five-year contract is a performance-based Cost-Plus-
Incentive-Fee Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery contract.  
The contractor will provide research and operations via task 
orders.   Each task order may be based on one or more of the 
following:  cost, schedule or performance. 

     This procurement is for research support to Goddard's Earth 
Science Directorate.  The support will include, but is not limited 
to, creating computer systems and technologies to transform 
remotely sensed data into information for NASA research and public 
applications through creation of prototype systems and validation 
of the technologies.  

     The work required in this contract involves creating three 
interacting operational elements that combine to expedite the flow 
of technologies and systems from applied research to practical 
application of data products.  The three operational elements are: 
applied research; technology integration and systems development; 
and applications development, field validation and outreach.

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