R--KSC ENGINEERING SERVICES CONTRACT

The new-cost-plus award fee contract begins on March 1, 2011. It has a five-yearbase period with three, one-year option periods. The maximum potential value of thecontract is approximately $1.959 billion. Under the contract, QinetiQ North America will support an institutional capability forthe engineering development of ground systems and equipment for handling, testing,servicing and other ground processing of launch vehicles, spacecraft and payloads. The contract provides spaceflight systems engineering and analysis of launch vehicle andspacecraft-payload systems and subsystems. It also performs science and technologydevelopment to address Kennedy and the agency's future operational needs. Additionally, it will provide maintenance and operations at assigned laboratories,developmental shops and crosscutting Technical services.