NASA awards potential $171 million contract for ISS services support

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NASA awards potential $171 million contract for ISS services support

2010-12-11 08:26:35 GMT+7 (ICT)

WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) --NASA on Friday awarded a contract with a potential value of $171 million to Lockheed Martin for supporting International Space Station (ISS) cargo mission services.

The multi-million contract will support planning, coordination, preparation and packing of standardized containers for cargo missions to the station by international partner and commercial cargo vehicles.

Lockheed Martin will process flight crew equipment including clothing and personal hygiene items, housekeeping items, audio and video equipment, laptop computers, batteries and crew survival equipment.

The potential $171 million contract also includes provisions to support similar services for future vehicles to the International Space Station. Lockheed will perform the required work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and other Texas locations.

A three-month phase-in period and the three-year basic period of the cost-plus-award-fee contract have a total estimated value of $85 million. The contract phase-in period begins on next January 1, 2011. It also includes four one-year extension options worth $86 million that if exercised will bring the total contract value to $171 million.

Major Texas subcontractors include Bastion Technologies and Dittmar Associates, both of Houston; GHG Corp. of Webster; LZ Technology in Alvin; Rothe Enterprises in San Antonio; and the University of Texas at El Paso.

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