Marshall Presents Small Business Awards for Fiscal Year 2024
By Wayne Smith
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center honored top contractors, subcontractors, teams, and individuals of fiscal year 2024 at the 38th meeting of Marshall's Small Business Alliance. The awards honor aerospace companies and leaders who have demonstrated support of the center's small business programs and NASA's mission of exploration.
The event took place Sept. 19 at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville. Around 650 participants from industry and government gathered to network, learn about business opportunities, and recognize outstanding achievements in support of NASA's mission and the small business community. Those attending represented 32 states and 10 nations.
"The Marshall Small Business Alliance is an outreach tool designed to introduce the business community to the NASA marketplace," said David Brock, small business specialist for the agency's Office of Small Business Programs at Marshall. "Those in attendance can gain valuable insight into Marshall's exciting programs and projects, upcoming procurement opportunities, and get an opportunity to network with Marshall prime contractors."
Marshall Director Joseph Pelfrey welcomed attendees, while Jeramie Broadway, deputy director of Marshall's Office of Strategic Analysis and Communications, provided an update on the center for fiscal year 2025 and beyond.
Marshall's Industry & Advocate Awards are presented annually and reflect leadership in business community and sustained achievement in service to NASA's mission.
"We are excited about this year's winners," Brock said. "Each play a key role in helping NASA achieve successes in support of key programs and projects, including the Human Landing System and Space Launch System rocket. Maintaining and sustaining an experienced and competitive industry base is what makes America strong, and small businesses are at the core of those successes."
Marshall manages the Human Landing System and Space Launch System programs.
This year's award recipients are:
Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year
Media Fusion
Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
Zin Technologies
Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year
Jacobs
Mentor-Protégé Agreement of the Year
Jacobs (mentor) and CodePlus (protégé)
Procurement Person of the Year
Joseph Tynes
Program Person of the Year
Patrick McVay
Small Business Technical Coordinator of the Year
Leah Fox
Technical Person of the Year
David Hood
NASA civil service employees nominate eligible individuals and organizations for awards. A panel of NASA procurement and technical officials evaluates each nominee's business practices, innovative processes, adoption of new technologies and their overall contributions to NASA's mission and the agency's Small Business Program.
Award recipients in the following categories become candidates for agency-level Small Business Industry and Advocate Awards:
- Large and Small Business Prime Contractors of the Year
- Small Business Subcontractor of the Year
- Procurement Team or Person
- Technical, Small Business Technical Coordinator/Technical Advisor
- Program Person or Team of the Year
