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GB Tech was founded in 1985 to provide engineering and scientific services to several large aerospace companies in Houston. The company boasts a technical talent pool of more than 300 employees around the country. Though much of its contract work is supplied through the aerospace industry, GB Tech is branching out to the construction, energy, public safety and waste management markets. The company specializes in three niche areas: nanotechnology, software verification and validation and unmanned aerial vehicles. Additional services the company offers include engineering, financial and administration services, IT support, laboratory support, logistics and staffing services. GB Tech is headquartered in Houston.

Muniz Engineering is an innovative, certified small disadvantaged and service disabled veteran-owned business based in Houston, Texas, with satellite offices in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Albuquerque, NM; and operations in Huntsville, Ala.; Greenbelt, Md.; Cleveland, Ohio; Stennis, Miss.; and the Los Angeles and San Jose, Calif., areas. MEI was formed in 1992, and provides high-value, technical services to its government and commercial customers in the areas of engineering services, safety and product assurance and information technology and management. Over the past five years, MEI has steadily increased sales to over $90 million for 2005. The company currently employs more than 600 personnel plus subcontractors.

Hernandez Engineering is a multi-disciplined engineering company. A woman-owned small business concern qualified under the North American Industry Classification System, the company has experience in engineering analysis, operations and science support, design and systems engineering, documentation and information technology, industrial and occupational safety and multi-media computer based training. In business since 1982, Hernandez Engineering provides products and services to government and commercial customers nationally and internationally. The company s clients have included the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Kennedy Space Center, the Johnson Space Center, Lockheed Martin Space Operations, Boeing, Rockwell International, the German Space Research Agency, the National Space Development Agency of Japan, and others. Hernadez Engineering s corporate office is in Houston. The company also has offices in seven other locations. The company is ISO 9001:2000 registered.