Sept. 27, 2006 Linda Matthews-Schmidt Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-4111 Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-4769 CONTRACT RELEASE: C06-051 NASA EXTENDS JOHNSON SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT NASA has awarded a potential two-year extension valued at $26 million to the existing contract for security support services at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, to The Diamond Group of Dallas. The contract provides protective services, industrial and physical security, emergency response, risk assessment, vulnerability analysis, badging operations and other security enhancements to Johnson, the Sonny Carter Training Facility, NASA's Ellington Field facilities in Houston and the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. The modification will increase the total value of the contract to $282 million. The modification adds a performance period from Oct. 1, 2006 to Sept. 30, 2007, with the potential of four three-month options that could extend the contract through Sept. 30, 2008. The contract is managed from Johnson and White Sands. For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/home -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx