Stronghold Engineering in Riverside, CA won a $10 million firm-fixed-price task order (#0006) under a multiple-award construction contract (N62473-06-D-1057) for modernization of barracks – Buildings 14 and 15 – at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California.
Stronghold Engineering will repair the existing barracks, converting 130 rooms from 2+0 to 1+1E bachelor housing standard. The 1+1E module will feature two private sleeping rooms with closet, a shared bathroom, kitchenette, an area for stackable washer and dryer, and telephone, internet, and cable TV capability in each private room. Stronghold will replace the associated furniture, fixtures, and equipment necessary for a complete usable facility.
The task order also contains one planned modification, which, if issued, would increase cumulative task order value to $11.4 million. Work will be performed in Lemoore, CA and is expected to be completed by January 2011. For this task order, 4 proposals were received by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest in San Diego, CA.
NAS Lemoore is the US Navy’s newest, largest, and only West Coast master jet base…
The Pacific Strike Fighter Wing is based at NAS Lemoore. In 1999, NAS Lemoore received its 1st F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets, which are replacing the F-14 Tomcat in fleet service as an air superiority fighter, as well as assuming, in a different configuration, the role of older F/A-18 Strike Fighters, notes Globalsecurity.org.
There are a total of 175 Hornets and Super Hornets based at NAS Lemoore operating from 2 Fleet Replacement (training) Squadrons and 10 Fleet (operational) Squadrons. In addition to the Hornet and Super Hornet population, NAS Lemoore also operates 3 UH-1N Search and Rescue Helicopters and hosts the UC-12B logistics aircraft, according to Globalsecurity.org.