NAVFAC Awards Contract - Oil Platform Modifications

On Sept. 30, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe and Southwest Asia (NAVFAC EURSWA) awarded an $11.5 million contract modification for the Al Basrah (ABOT) and Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT) transfer platforms, located in the off the Iraqi shoreline.

Work will include constructing a communications tower and installing generators on ABOT, as well as providing crane services and making structural repairs. Follow-on work early in FY09 will construct Containerized Living Units (CLUs) on ABOT to improve overall living conditions.

URS-IAP LLC, of , was awarded a Design-Build Construction Modification 05 to task order N62470-06-D-6009-0003 of the Global Contingency Construction (GCC) contract for the Design-Build of Repairs and Improvements to ABOT and KAAOT. Work is expected to be completed by March 2009.

The GCC is a cost-plus award fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, multiple-award contract. The initial task order was competitively procured on the GCC and was originally awarded Sept. 27, 2007.

(Source: Navy News Service)