NASA Small Business Subcontractor of the Year

The Bionetics Corporation of Newport News was the recipient of the Small Business Subcontractor of the Year award at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for 2007.  Bionetics received the award for outstanding service in sustained superior support of the Life Science Services Contract at KSC.  Bionetics has performed life science support at KSC since 1981 and has successfully supported every life science experiment that has flown on the Space Shuttle and Space Station.

Contract Release:C08-039
NASA Awards Kennedy Space Center Institutional Services Contract

WASHINGTON- NASA has selected EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., to provide institutional services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The contract begins Oct. 1, 2008, with a five-year base period, followed by five one-year options. It is a cost-plus-award-fee contract. The maximum potential value of the contract is approximately $1.5 billion.

EG&G Technical Services will perform facilities operations, maintenance and engineering; propellants and life support operations; logistics; transportation; and laboratory management for Kennedy

Selected services also will be provided at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base in Florida. The company will furnish resources, including management, personnel, equipment and supplies to support Kennedy's work at those locations.

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Bionetics is excited about the opportunity to continue it's more than 30-year presence on the Space Coast and to be a part of the EG&G Technical Services Team providing National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Air Force (USAF) an exemplary Institutional Services Contract (ISC) support team that is mission-focused. The EG&G ISC Team has the experience and culture required to meet the Government's primary objectives for success:

• Safe and reliable facility, systems, equipment, and utilities (FSEU) to support NASA/USAF
• Efficient and effective responses to multiple concurrent customer needs
• Flexibility to changing programmatic requirements
• Innovative approach to meeting contract requirements and controlling costs in a budget constrained environment

EG&G's management approach is based on establishing a strong partnership with the Government that fosters a collaborative, friction-free environment. The partnership is supported with several "best business" approaches that promote effective and efficient implementation of customer requirements.

Bionetics will be providing calibration laboratory services to the EG&G ISC Team and will operate the calibration laboratories located at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Patrick Air Force Base in Florida.