Nov. 30, 2004

Elvia Thompson 
Headquarters, Washington
(Phone: 202/358-1696)

Lori Rachul
Glenn Research Center, Cleveland
(Phone: 216/433-8806)

CONTRACT RELEASE: C04-aa

NASA AWARDS SERVICES CONTRACT TO OHIO COMPANY

NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC), Cleveland, has awarded a new 8(a) 
contract to Sierra Lobo, Inc., Fremont, Ohio, to provide operations, 
engineering and maintenance support services for the center's 
research facilities and laboratories. 

The contract consolidates portions of four existing contracts into an 
integrated contract to provide core support to Glenn's projects and 
programs. Under the terms of the contract, Sierra Lobo will provide 
services such as planning, preparing and conducting tests; operating, 
maintaining and repairing research facilities; and other 
administrative support services.

Facilities covered in this contract include: wind tunnels, engine 
altitude chambers, engine component facilities, space simulation 
chambers, zero gravity facilities, instrumentation R&D laboratories, 
materials and structures R&D laboratories, clean rooms and rocket 
test facilities located at GRC and its Plum Brook Station in 
Sandusky, Ohio.

The cost-plus-award-fee/award-term contract has a potential value of 
$313 million over a possible 10-year period, consisting of a 
three-year base period, followed by one two-year option and five 
one-year award term periods.

For more information about the Glenn Research Center on the Web, 
visit: 

http://www.grc.nasa.gov 

	
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