Small business captures big $251.5M NASA contract

DB Consulting Group Inc. won a $251.5 million contract to supply information technology services to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The Maryland-based small business will provide IT, multimedia, information management and external relations support services to the center.

The contract has a three-year base valued at $150.5 million and two one-year options worth $50.5 million each. The task-order contract is structured as a cost-plus-incentive-fee procurement.

The services provided are primarily managed by Johnson's Information Resources Directorate and the Office of External Relations.

DB Consulting operates and maintains IT services, graphics, library management, imagery acquisition, processing and cataloging, television systems support for human spaceflight missions, public affairs services including creative content for NASA Television, live mission television, multimedia and the public Internet, and education program support.

The company is ranked No. 19 on Washington Technology’s 2010 Top 25 8(a) list of small businesses.