Contract Award: MEB General Contractors Inc. (Chesapeake, Virginia) – $89,411,498

MEB General Contractors Inc., Chesapeake, Virginia, is awarded an $89,411,498 firm-fixed-price contract for the CVN-78 Dry Dock 8 saltwater system at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia. The work to be performed provides for two phases of construction. Phase 1 will construct site power distribution including underground duct banks, feeders, pad-mounted switches, substations and underground feeders to Pumpwell 8. Phase 2 will demolish two pump stations and their saltwater intake structures, Buildings 828 and 829, and construct two saltwater pump stations including saltwater intakes, back-up power, pile foundations including additional timber wharf piles. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative contract value to $168,758,300. The work will be performed in Portsmouth, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by September 2026. Fiscal 2022 military construction (Navy) funds in the amount of $56,554,300 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website with three proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-22-C-0047).