NASA Awards Modification to Engineering and Science Services Contract

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Aug 18, 2014, 04:23 ET

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has signed a contract modification with Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, for a one-year option with a potential value of $120 million to extend the Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation contract at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

The maximum value of the performance-based, cost-plus-fixed-fee less deductions, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract is $600 million, if all contract options are exercised. The option begins Sept. 27 and continues through Oct. 2, 2015.

Jacobs will continue to provide uninterrupted requirements for engineers, scientists and technicians necessary to support Marshall's Engineering Directorate; Space Launch System Program Office; Science and Technology Office; Flight Programs and Partnerships Office; and future programs, projects and other offices with similar needs.

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