Definitive Contract NAS901121

Johnson Space Center (JSC), a civilian agency under NASA, awarded an Aircraft Operations Systems Support contract to Leidos, Inc. on August 24, 2001, with a ceiling value of $25.7 million and a firm fixed-price structure. The contract, which reached completion on August 31, 2006, was performed in Houston, Texas, and did not utilize a small business set-aside designation. Leidos, a large business prime contractor headquartered in Reston, Virginia, leveraged its Research and Development Division to deliver technical and systems support services essential to JSC's aircraft operations and mission-critical flight operations infrastructure.

The contract represents Leidos' sustained engagement with NASA's human spaceflight operations during the post-Space Shuttle Columbia accident recovery period, when JSC maintained heightened operational focus on aircraft safety and systems reliability. As a large business entity without set-aside protections, Leidos competed for this definitive contract based on technical capability and past performance in complex aerospace systems support. This engagement exemplifies JSC's reliance on prime contractors for specialized technical expertise in maintaining ground and airborne aircraft systems that support NASA's human spaceflight mission operations.