NASA Exercises KSC Base Support Contract Option

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla., will extend its
Joint Base Operations Support Contract (JBOSC) for two years
to Space Gateway Support (SGS) of Herndon, Va.

The contract extension, valued at approximately $588.7
million, covers Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2006. The total
contract value including exercised options is more than $2
billion.

The JBOSC is a performance-based, cost-plus award fee
contract to provide base operation and support services at
KSC; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.; and Patrick Air
Force Base, Fla. Under the contract, SGS provides facility
and infrastructure operations and maintenance, fire
protection, security services, transportation support,
grounds maintenance and other base support services.

SGS is a joint venture of Northrop Grumman Technical
Services, Inc., Herndon, Va.; Shaw Environmental &
Infrastructure, Inc., Baton Rouge, La.; and Wackenhut
Services, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

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