Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/453-4164)                                                                     
January 29, 1993

Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone:  407/867-2468)

RELEASE:  93-18

KSC BASE OPERATIONS CONTRACT AWARD PROTESTS SETTLED

     NASA announced today that  the protests of EG&G Florida, 
Inc., BAMSI Inc., and Westinghouse KSC Company, Inc. have been 
settled on the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Base Operations 
Contract  (BOC) procurement.  

     NASA had selected Lockheed Space Operations Co. on Nov. 17, 
1992, for negotiations leading to award of the BOC.  The three  
companies  protested the selection to the General Services 
Administration Board of Contract Appeals in early December.

     Settlement was prompted by the determination that certain 
deficiencies in the agency's activities occurred during the 
original proposal submission and discussion phase of the 
procurement.  This resulted in a deficiency in certain critical 
information which remained unrequested and therefore, unavailable 
for NASA's source evaluation board to fully consider and 
evaluate.

     As part of the settlement, NASA will rescind its original 
selection.  An amendment to the BOC solicitation also will be 
issued.  Each of the four competitors then will have the 
opportunity to submit a revised proposal.  Selection of an 
awardee is expected to occur sometime during late summer.

     The BOC provides a wide variety of services to KSC, 
primarily in the area of management, operation, maintenance and 
engineering for KSC facilities and utilities,  technical and 
administrative support operations, and health, fire and security 
services.  The BOC will be a cost-plus-award fee contract, with 
an incentive fee feature, for an  initial period of 4 years with 
three priced 2-year options.

     EG&G Florida, Inc., the incumbent contractor, will continue 
to provide base operations support during the recompetition 
period.

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