Aegis Defense Services, LLC, McLean, Virginia, was awarded a $12,756,407 firm-fixed-price contract for private security services at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 19, 2015. Sixteen bids were solicited, with four received.
Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $12,756,407 are being obligated at the time of the award. CENTCOM Joint Theater Support Contracting Command - Kandahar is the contracting activity.
Islands Mechanical Contractor, Inc.,* Middleburg, Florida, is being awarded $7,727,970 construction contract for refurbishment of the Taurman Avenue Electrical Substation at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of new outdoor substation infrastructure to recapitalize the existing outdoor substation which has deteriorated and needs to be replaced.
The project includes construction of site improvements, new metal support structure with concrete foundations and concrete equipment pads, security fencing surrounding gravel interior space, grounding system, medium voltage busing systems, vacuum circuit breakers, liquid filled transformers, enclosed metal-clad switchgear, manual isolation and bypass switches, lightning and surge protection, and modular enclosure to house solid-state, programmable monitoring, relaying and controlling system equipment.
According to the Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations — Skidmore Owings & Merrill of San Francisco, California was awarded a contract for the design of the new U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
The multi-building complex will be situated on a 10-acre site in the Al Khobar neighborhood and will include a new office building, Consulate General’s residence, U.S. Marine Corps residence, support annex, utility building, parking structure, and community facilities. A construction award for the design-bid-build project is anticipated in fiscal year 2016.
