Mar 29 2012
From The Space Library
CONTRACT RELEASE: C12-015 NASA AWARDS CONTRACT FOR PROCUREMENT SERVICES
WASHINGTON -- NASA has awarded a contract to Wichita Tribal Enterprises, LLC, of Norman, Okla., for contract-closeout and procurement-support services, effective June 1. Contract-closeout services will be on a firm-fixed price completion basis, and the procurement-support services will be provided under task orders issued under a firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) provision in the contract. The contract consists of a four-month base period with four one-year option periods. The potential maximum contract value for contract-closeout support is $12,007,897. The IDIQ ordering provision for procurement-support services has a potential maximum value of $30 million. The contract will be managed at the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) at Stennis Space Center, Miss. The contract will provide services to all of NASA. Acquisition instruments to be closed include contracts, purchase orders, grants, cooperative agreements, interagency agreements and other agreements. Procurement-support services to be performed include pre-award and post-award activities. The NSSC is a partnership between NASA, CSC (formerly the Computer Sciences Corporation) and the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. The NSSC performs selected business activities for all 10 NASA centers in financial management, human resources, information technology and procurement.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-053 NASA T-38 AIRCRAFT TO FLY OVER WASHINGTON METRO AREA APRIL 5
WASHINGTON -- NASA, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, will conduct training and photographic flights on Thursday, April 5, over the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Two T-38 training jets will fly approximately 1,500 feet above Washington between 9:30 and 11 a.m. EDT. These flights are intended to capture photographic imagery. If the flights must be cancelled for any reason, they will be rescheduled and an additional notice will be released.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-054 NATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON MARCH 30
WASHINGTON -- Media representatives are invited to attend an international student robotics competition sponsored by NASA and other organizations Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, in Washington. The competition, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST, provides access to robotics programs to encourage young people to investigate careers in the sciences and engineering, and possibly become the nation's next generation of technical leaders. John Grunsfeld, an astrophysicist who flew five times on the space shuttle and now serves as NASA's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, will speak during the event's opening ceremony starting at 8:45 a.m. Friday, March 30. Friday's events run until 6:30 p.m. and Saturday's from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. NASA is the largest sponsor of the national FIRST program, supporting five regional competition events and more than 280 teams. This weekend's competition will include participants from 63 high school teams from Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia and eight other states. This year, 45 regional competitions occur across the country, along with four international competitions. NASA engineers and scientists participate with many of the teams as technical participants and mentors to the students. The FIRST Championship competition will be held April 27-29 in St. Louis. The program was founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people, their schools and communities.
MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-056 TEXAS STUDENTS TO CHAT LIVE WITH SPACE STATION CREW MEMBERS
WASHINGTON -- Students at O. Henry Middle School in Austin, Texas, will learn about living and working in space by speaking with Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, April 3. The live question-and-answer session will take place at 11:20 a.m. EDT and be broadcast live on NASA Television. Media representatives are invited to attend. More than 100 sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students will participate through their science classes. Texas Congressman Lamar Smith is expected to join the group for this special event.
