NASA Awards Construction Contract at Stennis

June 28, 2013

Rachel Kraft
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov

Rebecca Strecker
Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
228-688-3249
rebecca.a.strecker@nasa.gov


CONTRACT RELEASE: C13-029

NASA AWARDS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AT STENNIS

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected Healtheon Inc. of New Orleans to
provide a high pressure industrial water line under the Multiple
Award Construction Contract at the agency's Stennis Space Center near
Bay St. Louis, Miss.

The firm-fixed price task order has a total value of $29.8 million and
a performance period of 530 days. Work is scheduled to begin in July.

The water line provides cooling water and acoustic suppression to
Stennis' B Test Complex, which will be used to test the core stage of
NASA's Space Launch System in 2016.

NASA is developing the SLS heavy-lift rocket and Orion spacecraft to
provide an entirely new capability for human exploration. The SLS is
targeted for a test launch with no crew aboard in 2017.

The work under this task order includes the demolition of all piping
systems, including its valves and valve vaults. The contractor also
will build a 96-inch diameter high pressure industrial water line
from Stennis' High Pressure Industrial Water Plant to the test
complex, which spans over a mile.

This work is being done to ensure system longevity in support of all
test programs using the complex.

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