Kirsten Larson                September 21, 2001
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-0243)

Bruce Buckingham
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

RELEASE: c01-u

LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE OPERATIONS CONTRACT EXPANDED

     NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., will exercise a $47.5 
million cost-plus-award-fee option under the existing agency-
wide Consolidated Space Operations Contract (CSOC) with 
Lockheed Martin Space Operations Co. of Houston. This is not 
a new contract but covers work already addressed under the 
CSOC as options.

The work includes the provision of continuing voice 
communications system services, video distribution systems 
services, transmission services, cable system services, 
communication support services, and telephone and computer 
networks. There are also sustaining engineering services and 
maintenance of facilities services covered under the 
statement of work.

The work will be done at Kennedy Space Center and NASA 
facilities located on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., 
which are currently covered by the Joint Base Operations 
Support Contract (JBOSC), the Payloads Ground Operations 
Contract (PGOC) and the Space Flight Operations Contract 
(SFOC). No new jobs are being created.

The initial CSOC contract, worth $1.9 billion over five 
years, was awarded through the competitive procurement 
process and began with a three-month phase-in period on Oct. 
1, 1998. After the five-year base effort, the contract 
includes options totaling $1.54 billion for a five-year 
extension to Dec. 31, 2008. Although some CSOC elements have 
been operating at Kennedy since the start of the contract, 
this option is the first major CSOC undertaking at Kennedy.
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