NASA Selects Scientific Computing And Technical Services Contract

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Jan 11, 2013, 04:00 ET

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected Computer Science Corporation of Falls Church, Va., to support the Computational and Information Science Technology Office (CISTO) at the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

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The computing and technical services contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ordering value of $103 million. The performance period begins March 1 and ends Feb. 28, 2018.

The contractor will provide high-end computing and data support and general support services for CISTO and information technology and computational services to support Goddard's Sciences and Exploration Directorate. This includes access to high-performance computing, networking, mass storage, information systems technologies, computational science expertise, real-time transmission of satellite data, and support for the high-end computing program.

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