I get email...
CONTRACT RELEASE: 23-08 NASA AWARDS LANDSCAPING MAINTENANCE, PEST CONTROL CONTRACT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has selected S.C. Jones Services, Inc., of Dillwyn, Va., to provide grounds maintenance and pest control services at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The new firm-fixed price contract begins on Oct. 1, 2008. It has a one-year base period and four, one-year option periods. The maximum value of the contract is approximately $13.5 million. S.C. Jones Services will provide grounds maintenance and pest control services in support of all areas of Kennedy.
Now, don't get me wrong. Pest control and lawn maintenance are important. Seriously -- have you experienced the bugs in Florida? The ants there are amazingly invasive. I suspect alligators may be considered a pest, too...* But somehow a press release on those contracts seems a little weird. Maybe there is some contractual thing going on here, or a government law saying they must announce all contracts over some value. Well, whatever. I for one welcome our new ant-control overlords.
^*Hmmm, tourists may be included in this category as well.
