A joint venture led by Northrop Grumman Technical Services Inc. (NGTSI) has been awarded a $2.2 billion contract to provide base operations support for NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and the U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing, which includes Cape Canaveral Air Station and Patrick Air Force Base. Job losses as a result of new efficiencies could reach 400.
In addition to NGTSI, the Space Gateway Support (SGS) joint venture includes ICF Kaiser Defense Programs Inc., Fairfax, Va., and Wackenhut Services Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
The cost-plus award fee Joint Base Operations Support Contract (J-BOSC)
features a five-year basic performance period, beginning Oct. 1, and an option for a five-year extension.
SGS, which expects to employ more than 2,500 people for the program, will
provide project management; public works including engineering and
infrastructure; fire protection; logistics; information technology, and
administrative, protective, medical and environmental services.
NGTSI is a business unit of Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman company.
Logicon, also based in Herndon, is a major provider of advanced technology
systems and services to support national security, civil and industrial needs and information technology systems and solutions for government and commercial customers. Areas of expertise in communications and intelligence, training and simulation, imaging and information systems, high performance computing and facilities and base operations and maintenance services.
