NASA has awarded a contract to the Manhattan Construction Company, of Arlington Virginia, for the construction of the Instrument Development Facility at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
This firm-fixed-price contract has a potential total value of $31.1 million. Work under the contract begins April 20 and runs through Oct. 20, 2019.
This contract requires the construction of a 54,200 sq ft., multi-story laboratory and office facility to co-locate and re-locate the Science and Exploration Directorate’s branch and the Planetary Environments Laboratory scientists.
When completed, the Instrument Development Facility is expected to achieve a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification.
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