- The Federal Services arm of Accenture (NASDAQ: ACN) has won a $175 million multi-award IDIQ contract for NASA. These are the details.
The Federal Services arm of Accenture (NASDAQ: ACN) has won a $175 million multi-award IDIQ contract to perform crowdsourcing and other crowd-based solution delivery initiatives for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Through NASA’s Open Innovation Services 2 contract (NOIS2), Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has been highly successful at scaling crowd-based solutions to meet project delivery goals within NASA and among other federal agencies. And under the NOIS2 contract, AFS has the opportunity to support the agency in tapping into additional methodologies and engaging new partners to scale NASA’s innovative crowdsourcing capabilities.
The length of the NOIS2 crowdsourcing support services contract is 3 years.
KEY QUOTE:
“Federal agencies often have a backlog of challenges that can be best addressed by tapping into the expertise of a network of best-fit industry leaders. We are thrilled to help NASA leverage innovative methodologies, including fit-for-purpose crowd-based challenges and competitions, to deliver its mission-critical products and services.”
– Rod Adkins, Accenture Federal Services Lead Technical Advisor to NASA
