NASA has awarded a contract for information technology
services and security at NASA’s Johnson Space Center,
Houston, to Muniz Engineering, Inc. of Houston. Dyncorp
Technical Services LLC of Fort Worth, Texas, will be a major
subcontractor. The JSC Enabling Technology and Security
(JETS) contract has a potential value of $35 million.
The procurement was conducted as a small business set-aside.
Work under the contract will be performed at JSC and will
provide products and services supporting the Information
Resources Directorate at JSC. The types of service provided
by the JETS contract are general systems management, network
security and firewall maintenance for select JSC systems.
Activities performed under this contract will include network
security, system administration, account management, data
backup and system performance monitoring, as well as the
installation, configuration operation and maintenance of all
assigned software. In addition, the contractor will perform
technical assessments, security testing, development and
updating of JSC Information Technology Security Plans, and
other security-related activities.
The contract is a hybrid cost-plus award fee/firm fixed
price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type with a
basic two-year period of performance not to exceed $14
million. Three option periods are available and, if all are
exercised, would extend the period of performance to five
years, with a total contract value not to exceed $35 million.
The contract will assist in meeting the objectives of the
Information Resources Directorate at JSC and is being awarded
to consolidate three existing technology contracts. The goal
of the consolidation is to increase efficiency and provide
effective information technology security for the JSC
infrastructure.
More information regarding the JETS contract strategy,
including background and history, is available on the
Internet at:
