Nov 18, 2010

Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla 321-867-2468 allard beutel@nasa gov

Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C10-070

NASA AWARDS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected QinetiQ North America of McLean, Va , to provide engineering services and products at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The new cost-plus-award-fee contract begins on March 1, 2011 It has a five-year base period with three, one-year option periods The maximum potential value of the contract is approximately $1 959 billion

Under the contract, QinetiQ North America will support an institutional capability for the engineering development of ground systems and equipment for handling, testing, servicing and other ground processing of launch vehicles, spacecraft and payloads

The contract provides spaceflight systems engineering and analysis of launch vehicle and spacecraft-payload systems and subsystems It also performs science and technology development to address Kennedy and the agency's future operational needs

Additionally, it will provide maintenance and operations at assigned laboratories, developmental shops and crosscutting technical services

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