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NASA Awards Wallops North Island Electrical Upgrade Project

Jan. 8, 2015
This work will be performed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.

NASA has awarded a contract to Dvorak, LLC of Baltimore for the Wallops North Island Electrical Upgrade Project. This work will be performed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.

This is a firm-fixed price contract with a basic value of $4,270,700 with two options for additional work. NASA is exercising Option 1, in the amount of $827,000, at the time of contract award. The total contract value at the time of award is $5,097,700. Option 2, in the amount of $427,000 may be exercised at a later date. The total period of performance for this contract is one year from the date of the Notice to Proceed.

The contractor shall perform the necessary work to upgrade the NASA Wallops North Island buildings through a multi-bus switchgear lineup to looped 15kV underground electrical feeders. The upgrades also include the installation of communication conduits for future expansion of the fiber optic network.

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