Contract

NASA Awards $1.5 Billion Kennedy Space Center Contract

NASA gave EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., a contract worth up to $1.5 billion to provide institutional services at Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

The contract begins Oct. 1, 2008, with a five-year base period, followed by five one-year options as a cost-plus-award-fee contract.

EG&G Technical Services will perform facilities operations, maintenance and engineering; propellants and life support operations; logistics; transportation; and laboratory management.

Selected services also will be provided at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The company will furnish resources, including management, personnel, equipment and supplies to support KSC work at those locations.