OAO Corporation Awards Desktop Outsourcing Subcontract to IBM for the NASA Office of Space Flight Enterprise
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Somers, N.Y (November 10, 1998) – IBM today announced that it has been awarded a subcontract by OAO Corporation to provide desktop support services for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). IBM Global Services will participate in an alliance to provide PC desktop computing, server, and communications services to NASA on a monthly fixed-price ‘per seat’ basis. The awarded value to OAO of the delivery orders, encompassing over 25,000 seats, is $154.9 million for three years, with a nine-year potential of over $500 million. IBM’s contract is valued at approximately $55 million over three years.
Services will be performed under the Outsourcing Desktop Initiative for NASA (ODIN) to NASA’s Office of Space Flight (OSF) Enterprise. IBM Global Services will provide remote management services, including help desk and first level system administration support for desktops located at the Four NASA OSF Enterprise Centers — Kennedy Space Center, Florida; Johnson Space Center, Texas; Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; and Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama.
“We are extremely excited about our participation in the OAO Alliance and with our ability to provide state of the art technology services through our Melville (New York) Delivery Center,” said Jack Winters, IBM Global Services Vice President of Government Industry. “OAO and NASA join a list of prominent clients which receive desktop outsourcing services from IBM.”
The OAO ODIN Alliance team incorporates IT industry leaders as well as NASA Center-specific teammates, comprised principally of small, disadvantaged and woman-owned businesses. Core OSF teammates include IBM Global Services, Hewlett-Packard and Siemens Government Communications, Inc.
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Source: IBM