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Contract Award: 381 Constructors (Omaha, Nebraska) – $1,731,477,644

381 Constructors, Omaha, Nebraska, is awarded a $1,731,477,644 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a multi-mission dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine. The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $70,000,000 being allocated at the time of award. The second increment will be funded in fiscal 2022 at $214,000,000. The third increment will be funded in fiscal 2023 at $390,000,000.  The fourth increment will be funded in fiscal 2024 at $405,000,000. The fifth increment will be funded in fiscal 2025 at $300,000,000. The sixth increment will be funded in fiscal 2026 at $200,000,000. The seventh increment will be funded in fiscal 2027 at $152,477,644. The contract also contains seven unexercised options which, if exercised, would increase cumulative contract value to $1,739,899,555. Work will be performed in Kittery, Maine, and is expected to be completed by June 2028. This project constructs a partitioned addition to Dry Dock #1 within the superflood basin area. The addition will consist of two bays, labeled Dry Dock #1 North and Dry Dock #1 West. The existing Dry Dock #1 will be renamed Dry Dock #1 East. Both Dry Dock #1 North and Dry Dock #1 West will be of sufficient size and depth to support the maintenance and overhaul of Virginia-class submarines, Blocks I-IV. New construction will include concrete floors, walls, and center wall separating Dry Dock #1 North and Dry Dock #1 West, new pump well systems, pump station building, two caissons, portal crane rails, mooring hardware, mechanical and electrical utilities, utility tunnels, and all appurtenances required to ensure an operational dry dock. Modifications will be made to the existing basin closure wall and to Berths #1 and #11. The existing Dry Dock #1 pumpwell will be connected to the new pumpwell system and the interior will be modified. The facility will include basic telephone, computer network, fiber optic, closed-circuit television security system, utility metering, and fire alarm systems. Fiscal 2021 military construction, (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $70,000,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was solicited via the beta.sam.gov website with two non-price proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-21-C-0077).

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