This federal contract IDV was awarded by the Langley Research Center (LARC), a civilian agency within NASA, to Science Systems And Applications, Inc. (SSAI), a woman-owned small business and minority-owned contractor. The $343,293,368 single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract, titled "STARSS III SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICE III," supports SSAI in providing services in Earth and planetary atmospheric science, research and technology, and the Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC).
The contract includes two task orders awarded to date: a $1,284,991 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for SSAI to manage and develop a program-wide project portfolio, and a $212,293 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for SSAI to provide science communication and outreach services. Both task orders are for work at LARC's location in Hampton, VA, with a period of performance through September 2023 and August 2023, respectively. SSAI, a long-standing NASA contractor, holds several significant federal contract IDVs, demonstrating its broad technical capabilities in areas such as Earth observation, climate research, and environmental monitoring.