Feb. 11, 2013 Rachel Kraft Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 rachel.h.kraft@xxxxxxxx Brandi Dean Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 brandi.k.dean@xxxxxxxx CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-010 NASA AWARDS PROGRAM INTEGRATION CONTRACT FOR ORION WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corp. of Burlingame, Calif., for its program integration contract for Orion. The cost-plus-fixed-fee services contract has a potential value of $49 million, including options. The contract begins April 1 with a base performance period of two-and-a-half years followed by two one-year options and includes indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity task orders. ARES will provide products, professional services, and systems engineering and integration services to NASA's Orion Program, which is developing a spacecraft that will send humans farther into space than ever before. ARES will support the program's planning and control, vehicle integration and crew and service module. Additional services include education outreach, and test and verification functions. Work under the contract will be performed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, with additional work at other NASA centers and at Orion's prime contractor facilities. Companies that will support ARES on the contract include MEI Technologies Inc. of Houston. For more information about Orion, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/orion For information about NASA and other 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
