March 14, 2008 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov CONTRACT RELEASE: C08-012 NASA AWARDS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT AT KENNEDY CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Kennedy Space Center has awarded Rede-Critique of Metairie, La., the contract for Kennedy institutional support services. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has an estimated valued of $45 million during a four-year, six-month performance period, which includes a six-month base period and four one-year option periods. The contract consolidates various current institutional support service contracts. The offices supported by the contract include the Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Launch Services and Constellation programs, as well as Engineering, External Relations and the Kennedy center director. Services will include non-technical administrative support such as technical training, clerical support, financial management support, personnel program activity, employee development and training, employee benefits, personnel action processing, procurement acquisition and administration support, business systems support, technical training programs, and records management. For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov