NASA makes 16 awards for $1.4B consolidated logistics pact

NASA has awarded 16 prime positions on a potential $1.4 billion blanket purchase agreement that brings the bulk of logistics services it acquires from industry together into a consolidated mechanism.

NASA said Thursday that it set up the Enterprise Logistics Support Services pact as part of larger efforts to standardize requirements, improve its reporting functions, and streamline how it manages costs and resources.

Awardees will compete for orders to support equipment and property management, transportation, disposal, product support, flight hardware support operations, equipment maintenance and repair, export control, move operations, flight hardware, and other material purchases.

Winners are as follows:

• Akima Facilities Operations
• Akima Global Logistics
• Alutiiq Operations Services
• ASR International
• ASRC Federal Administrative Services
• ASRC Federal Professional Services
• IAP World Services
• KBR
• Leidos
• LogiCore
• Prime Response
• S&K Applied Solutions
• TechTrans International
• Tetra Tech
• Ttrax International
• Yulista Support Services

Work will take place over an initial five-year base ordering period, followed by up to three individual option years and a potential six-month extension.

NASA awarded the ELSS pact through OASIS+, the government-wide contract vehicle for professional services that are not IT-centric.

ELSS consolidates 10 separate center-level logistics contracts into a single vehicle covering all 13 centers. The idea is to move away from a fragmented model of purchasing logistics services from industry, according to an analysis by OST Global Solutions.