WASHINGTON - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) needed a partner company for safety and mission assurance support at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. They found their solution from Science Applications International Corporation of Reston, Va.
The Safety and Mission Assurance Engineering Contract III (SMAEC) is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the ability to issue cost-plus-award-fee and fixed price task orders. The contract begins June 1 with a five-year base period, followed by two one-year options, with possible extensions of services through November 2031. The total maximum value of the contract is approximately $494 million.
The contract will provide safety, reliability, and quality engineering, as well as quality and software assurance support for NASA programs and projects in deep space including the Orion spacecraft, Gateway lunar space station, and extravehicular activity and human surface mobility, as well as the Commercial Crew, commercial low Earth orbit development, International Space Station, and human research programs.
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The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a NASA initiative aimed at developing and facilitating partnerships with private companies to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station (ISS) and low Earth orbit (LEO).
The Gateway lunar space station is a component of NASA's Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon and establish a sustainable human presence there. The Gateway serves as a small space station in lunar orbit, providing a staging point for lunar missions and facilitating crewed exploration of the Moon's surface.
Services also may be provided at other NASA centers, U.S. government facilities, contractor or subcontractor locations, or vendor facilities as provided in the statement of work, or as specified in the issued task orders.
