NASA EXTENDS AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE CONTRACT

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington                                        

Dan Huot

Johnson Space Center, Houston

HOUSTON -- NASA has awarded a three-month extension with two three-month options, for a total of nine months, on a contract with Computer Sciences Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, to provide aircraft maintenance and modification support. The extension, including all options, is valued at $46.6 million.

The Aircraft Maintenance and Modification Program contract provides for the continuity of services for flight line, intermediate and depot level maintenance, repairs, modifications and engineering support on aircraft.

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston; Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif.; and Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., operate the supported aircraft, which are used for astronaut crew training and NASA flight research. Contracted work will be performed at Johnson, Dryden, Langley and at NASA facilities in El Paso, Texas.

The extension begins March 1. It is a cost-plus-award-fee contract. The base contract, valued at $162.1 million, began Sept. 1, 2009.

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NASA Awards Huntsville Operations Support Center Services Contract

Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington                          

Kimberly Newton

Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected COLSA Corp. of Huntsville, Ala., for its Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC) contract. The estimated value of the contract, including all options, is approximately $94.6 million.

COLSA will provide engineering, operations and maintenance, system development services and tools for the International Space Station and other program and project mission services.

The HOSC services contract has a potential period of performance of five years and is a small business set-aside. The contract begins April 1, 2012, with an 18-month base period, followed by three one-year options and one six-month option that may be exercised at NASA's discretion. It is a cost-plus-award-fee contract.

Under the contract, COLSA will perform its services both locally and remotely to support NASA spacecraft, payload, satellite, and propulsion systems operations services. COLSA will furnish all resources, including management, personnel, equipment and supplies, unless specific exceptions are made by the government.

Other members of the COLSA team include Computer Sciences Corp. of Lanham, Md., and QTEC Inc. of Huntsville.

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit http://www.nasa.gov.

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