January 30, 2004

Michael Braukus 
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1979)

Marny Skora
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
(Phone: 757/864-6121)

CONTRACT RELEASE: c04-b

NASA SELECTS SERVICES FIRM FOR LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER

NASA selected Jacobs Sverdrup, Tullahoma, Tenn., to provide 
operations, maintenance and engineering services in support of 
research and institutional facilities at Langley Research Center 
(LaRC), Hampton, Va.

Analytical Services & Materials, Inc., Hampton, Va.; Sierra Lobo, 
Inc., Fremont, Ohio; and Tessada & Associates, Inc., Springfield, 
Va., are major subcontractors to Jacobs Sverdrup.

The research operations, maintenance and engineering contract is a 
consolidated follow-on to eight existing support-service contracts, 
and includes work from three other current contracts. Specific 
functions include: 

• research facility electrical, mechanical, structural, process and 
automation systems engineering, design and development; 
• architectural-engineering designs, analyses, drawings, 
specifications and cost estimates for institutional facilities;
• general drafting; 
• engineering library support; 
• configuration management and maintenance of engineering drawing 
files; 
• central utilities systems operations, maintenance and engineering; 
• maintenance, repair and alterations of research and institutional 
facilities; 
• work control, energy management and duty officer activities; 
• test engineering and operations support for research facilities, 
including turnkey operations responsibility for five of Langley's 
largest wind tunnels; 
• research instrumentation systems development and support; 
• calibration, maintenance and repair of instrumentation, including 
LaRC's metrology program; 
• research facility data-acquisitions systems development and support; 

• high-pressure systems recertification; and 
• systems development and administration for facilities-related 
management information systems.

The hybrid contract carries performance incentives and is valued at 
more than $950 million over a potential term of 10 years. Work will 
be performed at LaRC, as well as at contractor facilities in Hampton.

	
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