NASA Awards Safety Center Technical Support Services Contract

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Jun 29, 2011, 04:00 ET

CLEVELAND, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA has selected Alphaport Inc. of Cleveland to provide technical support services to the NASA Safety Center.

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The type of services to be provided include training course development and support; mishap investigation training, reporting and office support; information dissemination and outreach; technical writing and graphics design; system failure case studies development; agency-wide safety and mission assurance conference support; operational support of the Safety Center's information technology systems; change control and knowledge management; engineering services; NASA Incident Reporting Information System data quality, analysis, trending, and special studies; and project management. The services will be provided primarily at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland.

The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a period of performance of five years with a potential value of $28.5 million.

The NASA Safety Center supports the safety and mission assurance requirements of NASA's portfolio of programs and projects. The center reports to the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

For information about the NASA Safety Center, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/nsc/home

For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov

SOURCE NASA