April 9, 2009

Beth Dickey Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2087 beth dickey-1@nasa gov

James Hartsfield Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 james a hartsfield@nasa gov

CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-017

NASA JOHNSON SAFETY AND MISSION ASSURANCE CONTRACT EXTENDED

WASHINGTON -- NASA has exercised a $58 million, one-year extension option for a contract with Science Applications International Corporation of Houston to provide support to safety and mission assurance activities at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston

The Safety and Mission Assurance Support Services contract helps ensure safety, reliability, maintainability, and quality in the International Space Station Program, the Space Shuttle Program and the Constellation Program

This cost-plus-award-fee contract option continues services from May 1, 2009, through April 30, 2010 Work under the contract will be performed at Johnson, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico

Significant subcontractors in the work include Futron Corp of Bethesda, Md ; GHG of Houston; M H Chew of Livermore, Calif ; URS - Washington Division of Princeton, N J ; Management Technology Associates of Huntsville, Ala ; J&P Technologies of Houston; JES Tech of Houston; SoHaR Incorporated of Culver City, Calif ; and Texas Southern University of Houston

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

http://www nasa gov/johnson

For more information on NASA and its programs, visit:

http://www nasa gov

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