NASA Awards $85.5 Million Contract for Infrared Telescope Facility Operations in Hawaii
By NASA information center // June 30, 2024
NASA & SPACE NEWS
(NASA) – NASA has selected the University of Hawaii in Honolulu to maintain and operate the agency’s Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea in Hilo, Hawaii.
The Management and Operations of NASA’s IRTF is a hybrid firm-fixed-price contract with an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity provision.
The contract has a maximum potential value of approximately $85.5 million, with a base performance period from Monday, July 1 to June 30, 2025. Nine optional periods, if exercised, would extend the contract through Dec. 31, 2033.
Under this contract, the University of Hawaii will provide maintenance and operation services for NASA at the telescope facility.
The university will also develop and implement an operations strategy so that the scientific community can use the facility through peer-reviewed competition to assist NASA in achieving its scientific discovery, mission support, and planetary defense goals.
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