John Yembrick
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0602
Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
CONTRACT RELEASE: C07-08
NASA COMPLETES CONTRACT AWARD FOR SPACE PROGRAM OPERATIONS
WASHINGTON - NASA has completed a modification to convert the letter
contract with United Space Alliance (USA), LLC, of Houston, to a
fully defined contract covering space shuttle and International Space
Station program operations for a base period from Oct. 1, 2006,
through Sept. 30, 2010. The contract is valued at $6.34 billion.
The contract includes five, one-year options, thereafter totaling a
potential period of performance of nine years to 2015.
Efforts under the Space Program Operations Contract include work and
support for mission design and planning; software development and
integration; astronaut and flight controller training; system
integration; flight operations; vehicle processing, launch and
recovery; vehicle sustaining engineering; and flight crew equipment
processing. It is a cost reimbursement contract, with provisions for
award and performance fees.
Work in support of this contract is performed at NASA's Johnson Space
Center, Houston, Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Marshall Space Flight
Center, Huntsville, Ala., and other subcontractor locations USA deems
appropriate to complete the work.
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