Contract: Harper, $55.3M

Harper Construction Co., Inc., San Diego, Calif., is awarded a $55,312,762 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N62473-21-C-1011. This modification provides for the second increment to the construction contract for design and construction of F-35C hangar addition to Hangar 6 at the Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif. After award of this modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $101,741,289. The contract also contains one unexercised option, which if exercised would increase cumulative contract value to $102,104,756. Work will be performed in Lemoore and is expected to be completed by March 2024. Fiscal 2022 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $55,312,762 are obligated on this award, and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 05/16/22) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of an F-35 training center and reprogramming labs.