Kyle Herring
Headquarters, Washington          Feb. 8, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-4504)

Jerry Berg
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 256/544-0034)

RELEASE: c02-e

HUNTSVILLE, ALA., FIRM TO PROVIDE NASA SUPPORT SERVICES

     AI Signal Research, Inc. (ASRI), a small, disadvantaged 
company in Huntsville, Ala., has been selected to provide 
customer and employee-relations support services at NASA's 
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.

The contract, effective Feb. 15, includes a one-year 
performance period plus four one-year priced options. If all 
options are exercised, the contract could be worth as much as 
$39 million.

Under the contract, ASRI will provide support services to 
Marshall's Customer and Employee Relations (CaER) 
Directorate. The directorate is primarily responsible for 
human resources, education programs, government and community 
relations, media relations, public exhibits, internal 
communications, employee training and organizational 
development, and technology transfer.

This procurement was conducted under Section 8(a) of the 
Small Business Act, limiting competition to qualified small, 
disadvantaged firms. Congress mandates that NASA, as a 
federal agency, spend at least eight percent of its 
contracting dollars annually with small, disadvantaged 
businesses.

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