Michael Curie
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
michael.curie@nasa.gov

Brandi Dean
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-244-1403
brandi.k.dean@nasa.gov



CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-007

NASA AWARDS TEST EVALUATION AND SUPPORT TEAM CONTRACT

HOUSTON -- NASA selected Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tenn.,
to provide test evaluation and support services at the agency's White
Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M.

The Test Evaluation and Support Team - or TEST - contract calls for a
three-year base period with a potential value of $300 million, and
two one-year options with a potential value of $200 million, bringing
the total potential contract value to $500 million.

Examples of the type of work that Jacobs Technology will provide under
the TEST contract include propulsion systems testing; propellants and
aerospace fluids materials and components testing; remote hazardous
testing; quality assurance; test and institutional safety and health;
hypervelocity impact testing; flight hardware processing; technical
services; training; facility maintenance; and communication systems
and construction management.

The three-year base period of performance for the contract is
scheduled to begin on May 1 and extend through April 30, 2014, with
the two one-year options available in the following two years. The
TEST contract is an award fee, indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity contract.
Subcontractors include ERC Inc. of Huntsville, Ala., and GeoControl
Systems Inc. and MEI Technologies Inc., both of Houston.

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