NASA has selected Pace and Waite, Inc., of Huntsville, AL, to provide center-
wide document services at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.
Under the contract, Pace and Waite will provide services for managing data
requirements, checking engineering drawings and operating the center’s documents
release desk. Services to be provided are a continuation of an effort currently
being provided by Pace and Waite under a five-year contract that ends this year.
The contract could have a potential value of approximately $39 million over five
years if all provisions are utilized. The cost-plus-incentive-fee performance-
based contract includes indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity provisions.
This contract will become effective Sept. 1, 2001, and includes a one-year
performance period plus four one-year priced options, which may be exercised at
NASA’s discretion.
Marshall is NASA’s lead center for development of space transportation and
propulsion systems. New technologies are being explored to make space more
accessible by reducing the cost of launching space vehicles while improving
flight safety. Marshall is also NASA’s lead center for microgravity research –
conducting unique scientific studies in the near-weightlessness of space to
improve life on Earth.