According to Department of Defense (DoD) — Exelis Services, Hellerup, Denmark, has been awarded a $411,000,000 maintenance contract for Thule Air Base to include: civil engineering, airfield/water port operations, fuels management, transportation, non-secure communications, environmental management, food service, medical/public health, supply, recreation and community services.

Work will be performed at Thule Air Base, Greenland, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2022. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition, with four offers received. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $505,789 are being obligated at the time of award. The 21st Contracting Squadron, Detachment 1, Copenhagen, Denmark, is the contracting activity (FA2523-15-C-0001).

According to the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations announces the design/build construction award for a new U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, to B.L. Harbert, International of Birmingham, Alabama. The new Embassy will facilitate efforts to assist Kosovo in its progress as an independent and prosperous state in Europe.

Located on a 12-acre site in central Pristina, the project will provide a new chancery building, a U.S. Marine Corps residence, a support annex and utility building, and community facilities. Project completion is anticipated in fiscal year 2017.