Dollars in the Wind: Unveiling the $146.8M Backing for Newport’s Marine Marvel

SKANSKA USA Civil Northeast Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, is awarded a $146,778,932 firm-fixed-price contract for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations Ship and Support Facility relocation, Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. The base contract and four options will be awarded in the amount of $146,778,932. This contract includes nine additional options which, if exercised, would increase the value to $149,950,000. Work will be performed in Newport, Rhode Island, and is expected to be completed by July 2027. Fiscal 2024 operation and maintenance (Navy); fiscal 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (NOAA); and procurement, acquisition, and construction (NOAA) funds in the amount of $146,778,932, will be obligated at time of award, and $1,200,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the www.sam.gov website, with two offers received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N40085-24-C-0002).