NASA taps 3 Huntsville firms for new $475 million contract

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Three Huntsville companies were among 12 selected for the new Space Station contract. (Tec-Masters)

NASA has chosen 12 companies to provide research, engineering and mission integration services for the International Space Station Program — and not surprisingly — three of them are Huntsville firms.

Check out which local companies will work on this Space Station Services contract:

Local companies working on Space Station Services contract

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Axient Corp. in Huntsville is one of the firms chosen to work on the Space Station project. (Axient)

The $478 million contract will support the work of the International Space Station Program based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The companies will provide spaceflight; ground hardware and software; sustaining engineering functions and services; payload facility integration; and research mission integration operations services.

The companies selected are:

  • Aegis Aerospace, Inc., Houston
  • Axient Corp, Huntsville
  • Cimarron Software Services, Houston
  • Consolidated Safety Services, Exploration Park, Florida
  • JES Tech, Houston
  • KBR Wyle, Fulton, Maryland
  • Leidos, Webster, Texas
  • Metis, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Oceaneering, Houston
  • Tec-Masters, Huntsville
  • Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama

Each company will receive a multiple-award, indefinite-quantity contract with firm-fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders. The 7-year contract begins Friday and extends through Sept. 30, 2030, with an option to extend through Sept. 30, 2032.

Where will the work take place?

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The majority of the work for the project will take place at contractor facilities across the country (Photo by NASA on Unsplash)

The majority of the work will take place at contractor facilities across the country. Services also may be required at other NASA centers, contractor or subcontractor locations, or vendor facilities as requirements warrant.

The contract also includes a small business reserve, which was fulfilled by selecting Aegis, Cimarron, Consolidated Safety Services, JES Tech, Metis, and Tec-Masters. 

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Michael Seale
Michael Seale
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