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NASA Gives Peerless $112M IT Services Contract

By TechTaffy Desk

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NASA has selected Peerless Technologies of Fairborn, Ohio to provide IT services at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio. The cost-plus, fixed-fee contract, awarded under the Small Business Set Aside Program, is valued at a maximum of $112 million. This award includes a 20-month base performance period; indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity orders; and two options. The options, if exercised, would extend the contract to a total of five years.

Peerless Technologies will provide IT services that include maintaining Glenn’s information systems; planning and integration; and applications support and content management. Additional support includes multimedia and IT security, specialized information systems, and multi-level help desk support.

[Image courtesy: NASA]

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