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IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact:
Frank Truslow
Chief
Information Officer
Metters
Industries, Inc.
8200
Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
McLean,
VA 22102
Phone:
703-821-3300
Web
site: www.metters.com
Metters Industries, Inc. to be
subcontractor to SAIC on NASA UNITeS contract
McLean, VA – January 9, 2004 - the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) has awarded the Unified NASA Information
Technology Services (UNITeS) contract to Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) of San Diego. Metters is one of the
subcontractors on the SAIC team.
The total estimated cost-plus-award-fee contract value of the
UNITeS core requirements is $823.6 million. The UNITeS Indefinite
Delivery/Requirements maximum order limitation is $500,000 per year,
or $2.5 million. That brings the total contract value to $826.1
million.
SAIC will perform information technology (IT) management service
functions agency-wide with the principal place of performance being
the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, AL. Agency-wide
services include the Integrated Financial Management Program (IFMP),
wide area network, IT security, and digital television. MSFC
services include IT systems and services support for programs and
projects for which MSFC is responsible.
The UNITeS contract, with a potential period of performance of
five years, is the fifth of five work packages awarded from the
Space Mission Communications and Data Services (SMCDS) solicitation.
The UNITeS contract is a follow-on contract to the present Program
Information Systems Mission Services (PrISMS) contract. Metters
Industries will be providing help desk services to support
information technology users at the NASA Marshall Space Flight
Center.
Founded
in 1981, Metters Industries, Inc. is a leading research, engineering,
and services company that provides innovative support services to
many government agencies and commercial customers. With annual sales
of $19 million, Metters serves customers across the United States
in the areas of information technology, engineering and technical
services, and custom manufacturing.
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