NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $167.7K small business set-aside purchase order to Neola Group LLC, an SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business based in Franklin, Tennessee, on September 2, 2025. The contract encompasses Hitachi VSP hardware procurement and professional services to support the NaTS Imagery System storage infrastructure at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Deliverables include one VSP One B24 Node, two VSP One B20 IO Modules with 32G Fibre Channel connectivity, eight VSP One B20 SFP transceivers, nine VSP One B24 NVMe SSDs, and a VSP One File 34 Base System. The scope also includes onsite installation at the place of performance in Franklin, Tennessee, data migration services to transfer up to four file systems from legacy HNAS systems to VSP One File via object replication, and software support with 60 premium service months for VSP One Block 24 and 2,400 monthly software support licenses for VSP One File 34.
The contract award is structured as a firm fixed-price purchase order with a September 23, 2025 completion date and was evaluated using a lowest price technically acceptable methodology. Neola Group LLC's selection reflects its demonstrated expertise in enterprise-level storage infrastructure and data management solutions for federal agencies, supported by prior prime contract awards and extensive subcontract experience with complex IT hardware systems. This procurement represents a critical infrastructure modernization effort for NASA Johnson Space Center, replacing existing G400 systems while maintaining operational continuity and ensuring compatibility with the agency's specialized imagery processing requirements.