Contract Award: North State Mechanical Inc. (Jacksonville, North Carolina) – $17,010,867

North State Mechanical Inc.,* Jacksonville, North Carolina, is awarded a $17,010,867 firm-fixed-price task order (N4008521F64948) under a multiple award construction contract for renovation of Test Cell One for Building 133 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. The work to be performed provides for facility repair work to include life safety and fire protection system modifications, structural re-arrangements within test cell, installation of a gallon propane tank along with associated piping, replacement of lighting fixtures, electrical modifications, installation of cold water accumulator tank, replace makeup air unit and exhaust air ductwork. The project includes funding for capital improvements program equipment for cooling tower installation, replacement of dynamometer, test bed, and performance monitoring equipment. Work will be performed in Havelock, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed by September 2022. Fiscal 2021 working capital (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $17,010,867 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Two proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Mid-Atlantic, Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division, Cherry Point, North Carolina, is the contracting activity (N40085-20-D-0077).