Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-4715
michael.curie@nasa.gov

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

CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-038

NASA EXTENDS EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES SUPPORT CONTRACT

WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded Analex Corporation of Fairfax, Va., an
option for the Expendable Launch Vehicles Integrated Support, or
ELVIS, contract.

This second option period award is a hybrid performance-based,
cost-plus-award-fee, fixed-price-award-fee, and fixed-price
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. It extends ELVIS
through Sept. 30, 2011. The award has a potential value of
approximately $90 million.

Analex Corporation currently is performing work under the contract's
first option period, a three-year option that ends Sept. 30, 2008.
The potential contract period, if all options are exercised, is nine
years, three months, with a total approximate value of $258 million.

The contract provides integrated support services in the areas of
business and administration, safety and mission assurance,
engineering, and technical, facility, and launch operations. Launch
vehicles include the Atlas, Delta, Pegasus, Taurus, and Falcon
rockets. The contract specifically provides engineering services and
analyses, communications, telemetry, special studies, and technical
services for ground and flight expendable launch vehicle systems and
payloads.

Services will be provided at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California, and other launch sites and NASA resident offices.

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