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NASA Awards Contract for Archive Center Operations

NASA has awarded a contract to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks for the continued development and operation of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) for NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The total value of this cost-no-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract is approximately $48.6 million. The work under this contract begins Oct. 1 and runs through Sept. 30, 2023.  

The university will perform systems engineering, operations and maintenance, development, user services, product generation, data and information management, archive and distribution, information technology security and related science support and research activities for NASA’s Earth Science Data Systems Program. The work will be performed primarily in Fairbanks.

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Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov
Cynthia M. O’Carroll                                                                                   
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
301-286-4787
cynthia.m.ocarroll@nasa.gov