GODDARD SELECTS CONTRACTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS

Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, Md.) has selected two winners for the 1999 Goddard Contractor Excellence Award. The winners are: Raytheon Information Technology & Scientific Services, Lanham, Md. and AppNet, Century Computing Division, Laurel, Md.

"The Contractor Excellence Award provides us with an opportunity to recognize those contractors who make a substantial contribution to the mission of Goddard and who are committed to the philosophy of continuous improvement as evidenced by their business practices," said Judy Bruner, the chair of the Goddard Space Flight Center Contractor Excellence Award evaluation committee.

To be considered for the award, applicants are asked to provide evidence of contract performance and customer satisfaction, meeting schedules, controlling costs, quality and productivity improvements, management commitment to continuous improvement, human resource utilization and strategic planning and long term research and development.

The winners of this year's award were chosen because of their outstanding continuous improvement efforts and contributions to Goddard's mission.

The two winners of the Goddard award will automatically be sent forward to compete for the George M. Low Award, which is NASA's Quality and Excellence Award. In addition, four other Goddard Contractor Excellence Award applicants will be forwarded for consideration for the NASA Agency prestigious award. The companies are: CSC, System Sciences Division, Lanham-Seabrook, Md.; Bristol Aerospace Limited, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Jackson & Tull, Seabrook, Md.and Swales Aerospace, Beltsville, Md.