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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 AC 713 483-5111

Rh Kari Fluegel Release No. 90-023

NASA today announced the selection of Rockwell Space Operation Company, Houston, Texas, for negotiations of a 10-year cost-plus-award-fee Operations Support Contract totaling $814 million.

The contract for the Mission Operations Directorate provides support for operations concepts development, and for mission, flight crew, and facility operations for the Space Station Freedom Program and other space flight programs supported by the Johnson Space Center. Support for the Space Shuttle Program and related projects is not included in the OSC.

Major tasks under the OSC are management functions and systems, mission operations, training, ground facility support, flight crew operations directorate support, and other support to include multiple program operations with responsibility distributed throughout NASA.

The 10-year performance contract, which includes an eight-year basic period and a two-year option, is set to begin on or around April 1.

Subcontractors for Rockwell are Barrios Technology Inc., Bendix Field Engineering Corp., Omniplan Corp., Science Applications International Corp., Systems Management American Corp. and UniSys-Air Defense and Space Systems Division.

Other companies and subcontractors submitting proposals were:


 * Ford Aerospace Corporation of Houston Texas With Booz, Allen and Hamilton Inc., GEO Control Systems Inc., GE Government Services, Hernandez Engineering Inc., and TRW Defense Systems Group;