March 23, 2009 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1600 david.steitz@xxxxxxxx Kelly Humphries Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kelly.o.humphries@xxxxxxxx CONTRACT RELEASE: C09-014 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT TO JACOBS TECHNOLOGY INC. WASHINGTON -- NASA will exercise the first of two one-year options on a five-year contract to Jacobs Technology Inc., of Tullahoma, Tenn., for test and evaluation support at NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M. NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston manages the facility. This option is worth $54 million and brings the total contract amount to date to $216.5 million. The initial value of the contract was $162.5 million. If all options are exercised, the contract's total value will be $270.5 million. The hybrid, cost-plus award fee, and indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract began May 1, 2006. This action extends the contract through April 30, 2010. Jacobs will provide services for performance of White Sands' primary mission, which includes materials and component testing, propulsion testing and depot activities. For information about NASA's White Sands Test Facility, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wstf -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
