Brian Dunbar
Headquarters, Washington, DC                                                  January 7, 2000
(Phone:  202/358-1600)

CONTRACT RELEASE:  C00-a

NASA HEADQUARTERS SELECTS SAIC 
TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

     NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Information 
Services, Vienna, VA, to provide information technology services to NASA Headquarters 
under the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA (ODIN).  The services will be ordered 
under the existing ODIN master contract, which is administered by the ODIN Program 
Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.  They include 
comprehensive desktop computer, server, local area network, telephone, local video, 
administrative radio, remote communication and public address services.

     The period of performance for this delivery order is three years beginning on February 
28, 2000, for a total price of $20.1 million.

     More information on ODIN can be found at the following web site:

http://outsource.gsfc.nasa.gov

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