N6247318D5853-N6247320F5462

Sep 2020: Harper Construction Co. Inc., San Diego, California, was awarded a $96,492,383 firm-fixed-price task order (N62473-20-F-5462) under a multiple award construction contract for the design and construction of Michelson Mission Systems Integration Laboratory at Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California.  The work to be performed provides for the design and construction of the Michelson Mission System Integration Laboratory project, which includes the construction of a new building and adjacent vehicle parking lot.  The facility will consolidate functions performed in several existing buildings that were damaged by the July 2019 earthquakes.  The building will be a consolidated mission system integration laboratory for research, development, testing and evaluation.  The options, if exercised, provide for extended contractor warranty, electronic security system requirements and physical security equipment.  The planned modifications, if issued, provide for furniture, fixtures and equipment.  The task order also contains five unexercised options and two planned modifications, which if exercised, would increase the cumulative task order value to $99,206,940.  Work will be performed in Ridgecrest, California, and is expected to be completed by November 2022.  Fiscal 2020 military construction (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $96,492,383 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Four proposals were received for this task order.  Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62473-18-D-5853). (Awarded Sept. 17, 2020)