Doing Business With National Aeronautics and Space Administration

, Chief information officer Oct. 22, 1997 Los Angeles Fairfax Station, Va. Holcomb holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of California-Los Angeles, a masters of science degree from the California Institute of Technology, and a MBA from a Sloan Fellowship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Married, one child "The Bear and the Dragon" by Tom Clancy "I play a lot of tennis."I think best value, in the proposition. Depending on the particular area, we are oftentimes looking at someone leading edge. Typically we like new entrants to a market, but those with some track record.Depends on what you're purchasing. For major operations, we look for a proven track record, a history of performance.I think honesty is extremely important. Whatever a contractor brings forward must be fair representation of the position. Where a contractor doesn't do well is when you get into latter stages of effort and find they have really overstated or misstated what they can deliver.XXXSPLITXXX- $14 billion in 2001 $1 billion $2 billion in 2002 Administrator Daniel Golden resigned in November 2001 after almost 10 years at the agency's helm, the longest- serving administrator to date. He was known for his "faster, better, cheaper" management approach. Mulville is the acting administrator until Office of Management and Budget Deputy Director Sean O'Keefe is sworn in this month.XXXSPLITXXX-Based on contract obligations for third quarter fiscal 2000 through second quarter fiscal 2001.XXXSPLITXXX-Can online acquisition get any easier than this? NASA has a policy of preparing what it calls an acquisition forecast, spelling out what contracting opportunities it expects for the next fiscal year, and what and where that business is. Go to:The CIO's office has a very good Web site replete with details about the office, its responsibilities, laws and regulations affecting IT at NASA, procurement contracting officers and more. Go to: and surf.Still don't have enough info? Go to and click on "Doing Business With NASA." The link will take you straight to the NASA Office of Procurement homepage.XXXSPLITXXX-Outsourcing Desktop Initiative $13 billion, awarded June 1998 Outsourcing of desktop services, including hardware, software and support. SAIC, CSC, DynCorp, Northrop Grumman Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Affiliated Computer Services Inc., Getronics Government ServicesJoint Base Operations and Support $5 billion, awarded August 1998 Base operations and support at the Kennedy Space Center and 45th Space Wing Space Gateway Support, a joint venture of Northrop Grumman and ICF KaiserScientific and EngineeringWorkstation Procurement III $4 billion, awarded July 2001 Procure, support high performance workstationsWinners: Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard, Government Micro Resources, GTSI, IBM, Northrop Grumman, SGI and UnisysConsolidated Space Operations $3.4 billion, awarded September 1998 Manage and support space operations at Johnson Space Center United Space Alliance, a Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture.Engineering Test and Analysis Support $2.8 billion, awarded December 1993 Personnel, equipment, management and materials to support the Johnson Space Center's flight laboratories Lockheed Martin Corp.XXXSPLITXXX-Science, Engineering, Analysis and Test Contract $2.8 billion    June 2003 Support for manned space flight, space and life sciences systems at Johnson Space CenterProgram Information Systems Mission Services (PRISM II) $1 billion    Jan. 1, 2002 Support services for Marshall Space Flight CenterMultidisciplinary Development Support Services $275 million Systems engineering, unit testing, on-orbit operations, post-mission activities at Goddard Space Flight CenterSystems Analysis and Mission Support $240 million    Oct. 15, 2004 Systems analysis and mission support services for Langley Research CenterXXXSPLITXXX-300 E St. SWWashington, DC 20024-3210(202) 358-0000 1958 Daniel Mulville, acting; Sean O'Keefe, nominated Nov. 14. 17,700 NASA's mission is to advance the exploration, use and development of space, expand scientific knowledge of the Earth, the solar system and the universe, and research, develop and transfer advanced aeronautics, space and related technologies. Nine field centers nationwide, the contractor-operated Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Wallops Flight Facility.