AEDC Awards Facility Support Services Contract Published Oct. 13, 2015 By Jason Austin, Chief, Public AEDC/PA ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- Today, the contracting office at Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) awarded the Facility Support Services contract ensuring AEDC has the support services needed to remain the nation's ground test and evaluation facility of choice... today and tomorrow. Akima Support Operations, LLC , (ASO), was awarded a hybrid firm-fixed price and cost-reimbursement contract valued at $87.5 million. ASO is a small business located in Herndon, Va. ASO will perform fire and emergency services; protective services; industrial security, test security, and security management support; operations center and command and control element functions; environmental management; safety; occupational and environmental health (industrial hygiene) for Government employees; base supply; freight services; vehicle maintenance and operations; grounds maintenance; solid waste management; and custodial services at Arnold Air Force Base. ASO is subcontracting with Protection Strategies, Inc. , Oak Ridge, Tenn., and URS Federal Services , San Francisco, Calif. The period of performance is four years - one base year and three one-year option periods in addition to a 90-day phase-in period. Phase-in and start of performance dates are not set at this time. -AEDC-