NASA announced today that Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Falls Church, Va., was selected as the prime contractor for the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) and it will be located at Stennis Space Center (SSC), in south Mississippi.
The total value of the contract, including all options, is approximately $230 million over the 10-year performance period.
The NSSC will bring 450 jobs to SSC with an average salary of $50,000. It will be a consolidation of activities currently being done across NASA in the areas of human resources, procurement, financial management and information technology operations. NASA expects significant annual savings from consolidating services, once the NSSC transition is completed. It is due to be operational in October 2005.
“We look forward to establishing a world-class organization to provide the kind of timely, efficient and effective support so important to NASA operations,” said NSSC Executive Director Richard Arbuthnot. “We look forward to working with CSC and the Stennis community to get the NSSC up and running,” he said.
Selection was based on a competitive process. The State of Mississippi passed a bond appropriation totaling $23.7 million to provide the building for the NSSC. Lockheed Martin supported CSC’s proposal by offering interim facilities at SSC while the new building is being constructed.
The State of Louisiana assisted in this effort through a $1 million training support package. More than 27 percent of SSC employees live in Louisiana.
“Naturally, we are pleased that NASA Stennis Space Center was chosen as the site for NASA’s Shared Services Center,” said NASA SSC Director Thomas Q. Donaldson V.
“This decision is a reflection of the outstanding contractor team of CSC and Lockheed Martin that initially selected and proposed Stennis to be the site for the NSSC. The hard work and commitments by the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, as well as by our NASA-contractor workforce, are evident in this selection.”
For more information about the NSSC on the Internet, visit:
http://nssc.nasa.gov/
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