RELEASE NO: 98-217

QSS GROUP, INC. HAS BEEN SELECTED TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING SERVICES TO GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

NASA Goddard has selected QSS Group, Inc. of Lanham, Md. to provide engineering services to Goddard's Electrical Systems Center, Information Systems Center and Systems Engineering Division.

This award is a performance based cost-plus-incentive fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The contract's minimum value for the five-year basic contract period is $275,000, and the maximum value is $275 million. No options are contained in the contract.

As part of its primary duties, QSS Group, Inc. will study, design, develop, fabricate, integrate, test, verify, and operate space flight and ground system hardware and software. The contractor also will be responsible for the development and validation of new technologies for future science missions.