Nov. 18, 2011 Michael Curie Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 michael.curie@xxxxxxxx Kyle Herring Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 kyle.j.herring@xxxxxxxx CONTRACT RELEASE: C11-046 NASA ANNOUNCES SPACE SHUTTLE CLOSEOUT CONTRACT MODIFICATION HOUSTON -- NASA announced the Space Shuttle Program and subcontractor closeout modification to the Space Program Operations Contract (SPOC) with United Space Alliance (USA) of Houston, valued at $232.9 million. The contract covers SPOC closeout actions from Oct. 1, 2011 through Sept. 30, 2013, including: -- Making orbiters Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour safe for public display -- Ferry operation activities for Discovery -- Property, information technology systems and records disposition by USA -- Subcontract closeout activities including property disposition, information technology systems disposition and records disposition by 31 subcontractors through firm-fixed-price contracts and five subcontractors through five cost-plus type contracts. The principal locations of the various work elements are USA's facilities in Houston, Huntsville, Ala.; and Titusville, Cocoa Beach and Kennedy Space Center in Fla. This is a cost-plus-award-fee-reimbursement contract. For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov -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
