Sierra Lobo, Inc., a small, minority-owned enterprise
based in Fremont, Ohio, has been awarded a contract by NASA’s
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., to provide
fabrication of research and development (R&D) space flight
and associated hardware in connection with Marshall projects.
The contract begins Oct. 1, 2002, with a one-year base
period, followed by four one-year options that may be
exercised at NASA’s discretion. It is a performance-based,
cost-plus-incentive-fee contract with an indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) provision. If required,
the IDIQ provision provides for additional manufacturing
capacity or capability. The contract has a minimum value of
$29 million and a maximum value of up to $33 million if all
options are exercised.
Under the contract Sierra Lobo, Inc., will operate a high-
precision machine shop capable of performing a wide range of
R&D fabrication and assembly work. This activity includes
such things as components and hardware integration for the
International Space Station Environmental Control & Life
Support System. In addition, Sierra Lobo will provide work
planning, inspection and production control, as well as
associated tool-crib, controlled storage-room and tool-room
bar-coding operations.
The procurement was handled under a Small Business
Administration program that limits competition to small and
disadvantaged businesses certified under the 8(a) program.
