NASA Selects Contractor For Wallops Island Protection Project

WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
(USACE) in Norfolk, Va., for the Launch Facilities Protection Project
at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The
total contract value is not to exceed $49.5 million. The period of
performance is five years.

The USACE provides an array of services that will allow NASA to
complete the Launch Facilities Protection Project. The project is
scheduled to begin in fall 2010. The USACE will extend a seawall
approximately 1,300 feet to the south of an existing seawall located
on Wallops Island, and place approximately 3.2 million cubic yards of
dredged sand along the Wallops Island shoreline.

This effort provides direct customer support to NASA's Wallops Flight
Facility's through personnel, equipment, tools, materials, vehicles,
specialized test equipment, supervision, and other services.

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Source: NASA