NASA Selects JPMorgan Chase For Charge Card Program

New York.- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected JPMorgan Chase as its provider for purchase, travel and fleet charge card services, the firm announced today. The contract award is part of the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) SmartPay®2 program, the largest government charge card program in the world.

JPMorgan Chase will supply NASA with approximately 20,000 charge cards to be used by their employees for purchase, travel and fleet purchases, according to the three-year initial contract. The contract also allows for three, two-year renewals and another one-year renewal. The NASA charge volume in fiscal year 2007 amounted to over $156 million.

“JPMorgan Chase offered NASA the best overall value for bankcard services and was rated higher than other firms on its past performance,” said William McNally, Associate Administrator for Procurement at NASA and the source selection authority for this procurement.

“JPMorgan Chase, as the new provider, will help to ensure a smooth and seamless transition to a system that will enhance NASA’s current card services,” said W. Stephen Kouns, executive project manager with JPMorgan Chase Federal Card Solutions. “We understand the criticality of NASA’s mission to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research and stand ready to support them.”

The GSA SmartPay® program, implemented in 1998, handled more than $26 billion in sales and over 98 million transactions in 2006. The program is used by federal agencies and organizations to obtain purchase, travel, fleet and integrated charge card services.

JPMorgan Chase has been a GSA SmartPay® card provider since the original master contract, providing card services to public sector clients for over 20 years. The firm is also listed on multiple GSA Schedules, including: GSA Schedule 520 - Financial and Business Solutions (FABS), GSA Schedule 36 - Office Imaging and Document Solutions and GSA Schedule 874 - Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS). This allows federal agencies to contract directly with JPMorgan Chase for these services. JPMorgan Chase also provides treasury solutions to over 3,000 state governments and municipalities, helping them with tax processing and enterprise content management, electronic benefits transfer programs such as food stamp and Women Infant and Children (WIC) payments, disaster preparedness, child support payments, unemployment insurance, and license, fee and violations processing.