Abacus Technology Corp.’s recent NASA contract win is the largest in the company’s history and opens broader opportunities for the small business. With a nine-year, $898 million contract for information management and communications support, the company now has the credentials to chase other large contracts, said Dennis Yee, Abacus’s founder and president. The win is the largest award in the company’s 25-year history and will reverse Abacus’ current business ratio of 60 percent Defense Department contracts and 40 percent civilian agency work, Yee said. “This takes us to the next level as a small business,” he said, adding that Abacus’ current revenues total about $60 million a year. “We can now compete for other contracts of this size and nature.” Under the contract at the Kennedy Space Center, Abacus Technology will provide...
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