June 15, 2009

Stephanie Schierholz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4997 stephanie schierholz@nasa gov

Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center 281-483-5111 josh byerly@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-028

NASA AWARDS FIRST RECOVERY ACT CONTRACT FOR JOHNSON REPAIRS

HOUSTON -- Using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, NASA has awarded to DRI Commercial Corporation of Irvine, Calif , a contract to repair critical infrastructure facilities at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston that were damaged during Hurricane Ike in September 2008 The funds will be used to perform roof repairs and roof ledge replacements at Johnson

The competitively awarded, firm-fixed-price contract begins June 15, 2009 The total value of the base contract and options is $7 9 million The base contract lasts approximately 9 months and has seven options Each of the options, which may be conducted concurrently, also has a performance period of approximately 9 months after notice to begin work

This is NASA's first procurement using funds from the Recovery Act Among the key purposes of the Recovery Act are preserving and creating jobs, spurring technological advances in science and health, and promoting economic recovery

NASA will receive a total of approximately $1 billion in Recovery Act stimulus funding, of which $50 million is prioritized for restoring NASA-owned facilities damaged from hurricanes and other natural disasters that occurred during calendar year 2008

Use of Recovery Act funds for institutional investments will ensure NASA's key infrastructure capabilities are available to conduct the agency's mission New jobs will be created to conduct this work funded by the Recovery Act

The facilities being repaired at Johnson are crucial to NASA's human spaceflight missions These missions include flying the space shuttle until its retirement, completing the assembly of the International Space Station for its use as a national laboratory, implementing Constellation Program's next-generation space systems and supporting the development of future crew and cargo transportation systems

For more information about NASA's Johnson Space Center, visit:

http://www nasa gov/johnson

For the most current information about NASA's use of the Recovery Act funds, visit:

http://www nasa gov/recovery

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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