FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5, 2001
Local New Business to Develop Software Applications for Sandia National Laboratories’ Modeling Group
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nuail Technologies, Inc., has been awarded a $550,000 contract to develop software applications for the Advanced Planning and Modeling group at Sandia National Laboratories. The total potential contract value is $1,650,000 including two one-year renewable options.
Nuail Technologies, Inc., a locally owned small business, is a virtual information technology company founded in February 2001. Nuail President Mark Davis said the company’s computer consultants will use Microsoft technologies to develop Internet and web-based applications. These applications will support advanced resource scheduling and project planning conducted by the Critical Infrastructure Surety organization at Sandia.
In Fiscal Year 2000, Sandia spent $276 million with small businesses. According to Cynthia Schneeberger, Deputy Director, Procurement Oversight & Oracle, Sandia contracts approximately 50 percent of its commercial procurements with New Mexico businesses, more than 70 percent of which are small, disadvantaged, and woman-owned businesses. More than 1,000 New Mexico businesses hold contracts with Sandia.
Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major research and development responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness.
Sandia Procurement Contact:
Lourdes Romero, lmromer@sandia.gov, (505) 844-7355
Sandia media contact:
Janet Carpenter, jacarpe@sandia.gov, (505) 844-7841
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