Contract: Straub, $16.8M

Straub Construction Inc., Santa Rosa, Calif/, is awarded $16,800,000 for firm-fixed-price task order N6247318F4874 under a previously awarded multiple award construction contract (N62473-16-D-1887) for construction of the Air Wing Training Facility at Naval Air Station, Fallon. The work to be performed provides for construction of the facility that will support desk-style aircraft simulators, Virtual Aegis Combat simulators, F-35 Mission Rehearsal Trainers, and unmanned aerial system simulators, E-2D simulators and support spaces. Project will be constructed with reinforced concrete masonry with seismic upgrades, reinforced concrete slab, structural steel framing, elastomeric roof and structural elements that would allow the expansion of the facility in the future if required. Work will be performed in Fallon and is expected to be completed by August 2020. Fiscal 2017 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $16,800,000 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Three proposals were received for this task order. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 08/06/18) Gulf Coast note: Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is home of the F-35 integrated training center.