Jan. 2, 2013 Michael Curie Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 michael.curie@nasa.gov Sonja Alexander Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1761 sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov RELEASE: C13-001 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has awarded the Kennedy Space Center Institutional Support Services III, or KISS III, contract to Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC of Tulsa, Okla. KISS III begins Feb. 1. The contract has a seven-month base period and options to extend the work through Sept. 30, 2016. If all options are exercised, the maximum potential value for the three-year, seven-month indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity contract is $48 million. Wichita Tribal Enterprises will provide institutional support services in areas such as technical training, clerical support, financial management support, personnel program activity, employee development and training, employee benefits, personnel action processing, procurement administration and analyst support, business systems support, and records management. REDE/Critique JV of New Orleans, La., will perform work on KISS III as a subcontractor to Wichita Tribal Enterprises. For more information about Kennedy, visit: www.nasa.gov/kennedy For more information about NASA programs and missions, visit: 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