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US Navy seeks local building contractors
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Posted on Aug 20 2008
The U.S. Navy is seeking local contractors to design and construct military installations that will support the planned military buildup in Guam, its facilities engineering arm said in a recently issued notice.
The Aug. 6 release, issued by the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command, points to a need for contractors—only small businesses—to design and build wharfs and piers, airplane hangars, medical clinics, office buildings and dormitories, among other projects. Most of these plans are in Hawaii, the CNMI and Guam, it notes. The notice, it adds, is intended to determine the level of interest local contractors have in working on the buildup.
The notice comes soon after a conference on Saipan with the Joint Guam Program Office and local officials where talks began on the prospective environmental impact of the buildup. Planners for the project have already crafted a draft environmental impact study for it.
Contractors interested the project are encouraged to answer a market survey provided at www.neco.navfac.mil before Sept. 15. The survey, it notes, is for planning purposes only and will not serve as the basis for awarding a contract. As of press time, however, the survey was still unavailable for download at the Web site.
Guam is now preparing for the relocation of an estimated 8,000 U.S. service personnel and their 9,000 family members from Okinawa, Japan, to the island. The move will require the construction of port infrastructure for naval ships and scores of new building projects to support military operations and staff.
