Up to $750M to 5 Firms for NAVFAC Washington Area Construction

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington awarded 5 indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity large multiple award construction (MAC) contracts for various construction projects within NAVFAC Washington’s area of responsibility.

The maximum dollar value, including the base period and 4 option years, for all 5 contracts is $750 million.

The winners of the NAVFAC Washington construction contracts are:

Czechs Buying Dingos, Iveco MLVs for Afghanistan

Czech Republic soldiers have deployed a Provincial Reconstruction Team as part of NATO’s ISAF mission to Afghanistan’s southern Logar province, along the Pakistani border havens. The USA offered to lend them more than 20 up-armored Hummers for the duration, but the dangerous regions of southern Afghanistan also demand blast resistant vehicles for the tip of the spear. Hence the government’s November 2007 purchase of KMW’s Dingo 2s (currently in service with German forces to the north) and Iveco’s MLV. LMVs are known by many names, including MLV, Lince, etc.; they are heavier than a Humvee but lighter than the Dingos, incorporate a number of approaches to mine protection, and have been bought by many European countries for use in Afghanistan and other foreign deployment.

The Dingos appear to have run into trouble along the way, but Iveco’s MLVs are receiving additional orders…

Tepa to Build Battalion Complex at Ford Carson, CO

Tepa EC in Colorado Springs, CO received a $15.3 million firm-fixed-price contract for the construction of a battalion complex, company operation facility, and unmanned vehicle hangar at Fort Carson, CO.

Fort Carson is located on the south side of Colorado Springs, CO, in El Paso County. The US Army installation stretches south along Interstate 25 into Pueblo and Fremont counties.

Fort Carson houses the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 43 ASG, and 10 Special Forces. As a result, the base has several vehicle maintenance facilities for tanks and other tracked and wheeled vehicles. A complete tank engine depot maintenance and dynamometer testing facility is also located at the fort…