Joshua Buck
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
jbuck@nasa.gov

William Jeffs
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
william.p.jeffs@nasa.gov



CONTRACT RELEASE C13-038


NASA Awards Human Health and Performance Contract to SAIC
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NASA has selected Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) of
McLean, Va., to provide biomedical, medical and health services in support of
all human spaceflight programs at the agency's Johnson Space Center in
Houston.

The contract begins Oct. 1 and has a maximum potential value of $1.76
billion, including a five-year base period and two option periods that could
extend the contract through 2023. The contract is an indefinite-delivery,
indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-award-fee task orders.

The new human health and performance contract will support many NASA programs
and offices including the International Space Station, Orion, Advanced
Exploration Systems, Human Research, Commercial Crew and Cargo, and Space
Technology Mission Directorate.

Contract services to Johnson's Human Health and Performance Directorate and
the Human Research Program include fundamental and applied biomedical
research, biotechnology development, operational space medicine and
occupational health and medicine.

SAIC also will manage clinical, biomedical, space food and environmental
laboratories; behavioral sciences; human factors engineering; spacecraft
environment monitoring and management. Additional services include biomedical
engineering; biomedical flight hardware requirements, design, fabrication,
testing and operation; and payload and hardware integration with the
International Space Station.

Work under the contract will be performed at Johnson and SAIC facilities.

For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

*http://www.nasa.gov