Posted by Courtney E. Howard
HOUSTON, 15 Nov. 2010. NASA has selected DB Consulting Group Inc. in Silver Spring, Md., to provide information technology (IT), multimedia, information management, and external relations support services at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The new Information Technology and Multimedia Services contract has a maximum value of $251.5 million.
The services provided are primarily under the management of Johnson's Information Resources Directorate with participation by the Office of External Relations. The services include operation and maintenance of primary information technology services; graphics; library management; imagery acquisition, processing and cataloging; television systems support for human spaceflight missions; public affairs services including creative content for NASA Television, live mission television, multimedia and the public Internet; and education program support.
The three-year base performance period is valued at $150.5 million. Two one-year options are valued at$50.5 million each. The base period extends from Jan. 18, 2011 through Jan. 17, 2014. If both options are exercised, the contract would extend to Jan. 17, 2017. It is a cost-plus-incentive, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.
