Dec 18, 2007

Beth Dickey/Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087/4997 beth dickey-1@nasa gov, stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

Kelly Humphries/Lynnette Madison Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly o humphries@nasa gov, lynnette b madison@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-061

NASA AWARDS ORION PROJECT INTEGRATION SERVICES CONTRACT

WASHINGTON - NASA has awarded a contract for Orion Project integration services to Barrios Technology Ltd of Houston The small business contract has a potential value of $49 million with options Work on the contract will be performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, with additional work possible at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Barrios will provide critical products and services supporting the Constellation Program's Orion Project, which is developing new spacecraft to transport people to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond Barrios will support the project's business management, configuration and data management, requirements analysis and integration, and engineering and technical services

The procurement was a small business set-aside The basic period of the indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contract is three years The contract's base value is not to exceed $29 million Two one-year extension options are available and could bring the total contract value to $49 million Science Applications International Corporation of Houston will be a major subcontractor

More information about the Orion Project integration contract strategy is available at:

http://procurement jsc nasa gov/opic

For information about NASA's exploration program, visit:

http://www nasa gov/constellation

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