NASA AMES AWARDS CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SUPPORT

NASA's Space Station Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., Thursday awarded a cost plus fixed fee indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity task order contract valued at $42 million to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), of Greenbelt, Md. ARTS is a Alaskan Native Corporation under the Small Business Administration 8 (a) Business Development Program that will provide engineering, design and fabrication services for the center.

ARTS will provide services including project management, Space Station Shuttle, systems engineering, hardware and software design and development, mechanical and electronic fabrication services, integration and testing, technical writing, configuration management and other functions at Ames.

The five-year contract consists of a one-year base period, followed by four one-year options.

For more information about NASA's Space Station Ames Research Center, visit:

http://www.arc.nasa.gov