NASA Awards Laboratory Service Contract

WASHINGTON, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded a contract to A2 Research, JV, of Huntsville, Ala., to provide technical laboratory services at the center.

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The firm, fixed-priced contract is valued at $26 million. It includes a one year base contract period plus a one-year option and one three-year option period.

Highly specialized laboratory services by A2 Research, JV, include gas, materials and environmental laboratory analysis; maintenance of measurement standards and the calibration and repair of instrumentation; and specialized technical, business and administrative systems and related operations to support mission requirements for Stennis.

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