Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington      September 25, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1726)

Jerry Berg
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
(Phone: 256/544-0034)

RELEASE: c02-bb

NASA SELECTS MINORITY-OWNED FIRM
TO CONSTRUCT SPACE FLIGHT PRODUCTS

     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. 

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