Columbus Technologies and Services, Inc.is an 8(a) SBA certified Small Disadvantaged Business, founded in 2001 by Mr. Ajay Handa. We are dedicated to customer satisfaction and providing high quality support in the areas of Software, Information Technology, Science, Engineering and Professional services. Columbus is ISO 9001 and CMMI Level 2 certified. We support NASA’s mission-critical systems including engineering, implementation and operation of both software and hardware components. Our work in science includes mission planning and logistics, instrument design, and science data analysis. We support several federal agencies in addition to NASA from our software engineering office in Columbia, Maryland and our office in Arlington, Virginia. We also maintain strong affiliations and active partnerships with large and small businesses throughout the United States.

Reva and Ajay Handa accept Thomas H. May Legacy of Excellence Award from Karl Bird, JPL Acquisition Division Manager

Our expertise in managing and providing human and technical resources and solutions helps our customers solve their most pressing technical, strategic and operational challenges, ensuring the overall success of their programs. At Columbus, we take pride in providing innovative and customized technology-based solutions to fulfill the needs of our customers and exceed their expectations. We have a history of successful, high quality contract performance and have been recognized with over 150 awards, including NASA JPL's 2009 Small Business of the Year and the 2010 Thomas H. May Legacy of Excellence Award. At Columbus, “A Passion to Provide Excellence” represents our commitment to each of our customer’s success. It also reflects our commitment to give back to the community by mentoring other small businesses and through the Columbus Ongoing Community Education and Nurturing (OCEAN) Program, where we partner with NASA and other government agencies to sponsor charitable activities such as teaching computer skills to high-risk youth and children of deployed Marines. For additional information, visit our website at www.ColumbusUSA.com.

Integrated Systems Solutions, Inc (ISS Management) is a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned business specializing in providing program management, systems engineering, financial management, and information technology support to a variety of Government agencies. The firm supplies professionals experienced in both Government and industry, providing a unique perspective to suit all of our clients’ needs. Our clients include large corporations, the U.S. military, NASA, NOAA and the Federal Aviation Administration. This broad experience enables ISS Management to bring best practices from industry and government to support program planning, budgeting, execution, acquisition, training, organizational analysis, organizational design and business process optimization. ISS currently provides management and analysis support to the Office of Systems Development (OSD) in the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and the Aviation Weather Program, and supports the Joint Planning and Development Office for the modernization of the FAA’s U.S. Air Transportation System. We are known for successfully assisting organizations through major change initiatives, from strategy refinement through the final project implementation. Along the way we assist our clients in developing leadership skills and guiding internal teams towards alignment on clear organizational goals. For additional information, visit our website at www.ISSMGMT.com.

Prototype Productions Inc. (PPI) is a small firm with design and manufacturing facilities in Ashburn, Virginia near Dulles and in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The company was founded 19 years ago, by two brothers, Joe and Italo Travez, with the goals of being an incubator for new technologies and products and employing staff who share core values. PPI is a key supplier to the Army for new technology equipment. Goddard first expressed interest in PPI several years ago because of the firm’s unique mechanical prototyping techniques. In late 2009, PPI formed an Aerospace division located in Greenbelt, Maryland, and dedicated to supplying systems engineering expertise to NASA. Today that division supplies key systems engineers to the Hubble Space Telescope and Landsat Data Continuity Mission Projects. The Aerospace division is led by Mr. Larry Dunham and Mr. W. Tracy Meyer, both of whom have supported GSFC for over 20 years. PPI is a certified 8(a) small, disadvantaged business. For additional information, please visit our website at www.protoprod.com.

PPI Founders Joe and Italo Travez with an Endovascular Training System Built Using PPI's Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Process