CUBA — Schuyler Line Navigation Co., based in Annapolis, Maryland, has been awarded a $15.5 million contract modification to continue providing ocean liner services between Jacksonville, Florida, and Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

(POC) — Guantanamo Bay the naval base, nicknamed "GTMO" or "Gitmo", covers 116 square kilometers (45 sq mi) on the western and eastern banks of the bay located in Guantanamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD), Colorado Springs, Colorado, is awarded a $13,298,272 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity modification to a task order (N6945021F0504) to exercise Option One under previously-awarded contract N62742-16-D-3552 for base operations support services at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast area of responsibility.

This award brings the total cumulative value of the contract to $39,198,267. Work will be performed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is expected to be completed by September 2021.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD) a company out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is awarded a $15,827,023 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) modification (N62742-16-D-3552) for the exercise of Option Two under an IDIQ contract for base operations support services at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast area of responsibility (AOR).

Schuyler Line Navigation Co. LLC, Annapolis, Maryland, has been awarded amount of $7,238,365. This modification provides continued ocean liner service between Jacksonville/Blount Island, Florida and U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The option period of performance is from Mar. 1, 2020, to Feb. 28, 2021. Fiscal 2020 transportation working capital funds were obligated at award.

According to the Department of Defense (DoD) this contract is being awarded in order to provide linguists, interpreters, translators, stenographers, and court reporters to assist in case preparations for hearings and trials conducted by the Office of Military Commissions. This requirement supports the Office of Military Commissions enemy combatant trials at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Work performance will take place Arlington, Virginia; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The expected completion date is April 14, 2020. 

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.

Intelligent Decisions Inc., Ashburn, Virginia, was awarded an $8,569,058 firm-fixed-price contract with options for information technology operations and maintenance support for U.S. Southern Command Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Bay. Work will be performed in Cuba with an estimated completion date of July 22, 2019. Bids were solicited via the Internet with 13 received. Fiscal 2014 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $7,969,059 are being obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, is the contracting activity (W912CL-14-C-0018).