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Aug. 16, 2013

Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
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George H. Diller
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
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CONTRACT RELEASE C13-037

NASA Exercises Expendable Launch Vehicle Contract Option

NASA has exercised the first option on a contract providing integrated services for the preparation and launch of the next generation of the agency's scientific and exploration spacecraft.

The two-year Option Period 1 on the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support (ELVIS) 2 contract, operated by a.i. solutions Inc. of Lanham, Md., begins Oct. 1 and is valued at about $56.5 million. The contract contains another potential option period that would begin in October 2015, if exercised.

The ELVIS 2 contract began in April 2012 and has a potential maximum value of $138.1 million. This contract resulted from a competitive small business set-aside.

The ELVIS 2 contract supports NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) and LSP-sponsored missions, activities and strategic initiatives for multiple NASA programs, the Defense Department and other government agencies and commercial launch activities. The contractor will support program management; vehicle engineering and analysis; launch site engineering; communications and telemetry; technical integration services; LSP programmatic safety, reliability and quality assurance; LSP operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; information technology; and special studies.

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NASA Exercises First ELVIS-2 Contract Option

By Ben Evans

Setting for the most historic events in human history, the Kennedy Space Center is the primary base for the ELVIS-2 contract. Photo Credit: NASA

NASA has exercised the first option on a contract which provides integrated services to prepare and launch the next generation of scientific and exploration missions. The two-year Option Period 1 on the Expendable Launch Vehicle Integrated Support (ELVIS)-2 contract, operated by i.a. solutions, Inc., of Lanham, Md., begins 1 October and is valued at $56.5 million. The contract carries another potential option period to begin in October 2015, if it is exercised.

The ELVIS-2 contract began last April and has a maximum value of $138.1 million. It supports NASA's Launch Services Program and its sponsored missions, together with activities and strategic initiatives for multiple space agency, Department of Defense, and government organizations. The contractor will support program management, vehicle engineering and analysis, launch site engineering, communications and telemetry, technical integration services, safety, reliability and quality assurance, and others. Although based at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., the ELVIS-2 contract also involves work at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and other government launch sites.

 

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