CONTRACT AWARD: $430M for AUTEC contract in Andros Island, Bahamas
According to the Department of Defense (DoD), a company out of Germantown, Maryland, is awarded a $430,016,852 contract for the operation and maintenance of the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC).
AUTEC is the Navy's large-area, deep-water, undersea test and evaluation range. Underwater research, testing and evaluation of anti-submarine weapons, sonar tracking and communications are the predominant activities conducted at AUTEC.
The contractor performs AUTEC range operations support services and maintenance of facilities and range systems. In addition, the contractor is responsible for operating a self-sufficient one square mile Navy outpost. Work will be performed on Andros Island, Commonwealth of the Bahamas (64%); and West Palm Beach, Florida (36%), and is expected to be complete by August 2025.
AWARDEE
Amentum Services Inc. — We operate, serve, maintain, protect and support the most discerning and critical programs in Nuclear & Environment, Mission Support & Sustainment, Threat Mitigation, Mission Assurance, Strategic Capabilities Engineering in Critical Infrastructures, Facilities, and Ranges here and abroad.