Navy to Spend $5M+ to Construct Laser Perimeter System for Presidential Helicopter Program at PAXRVR

Hensel Phelps Construction Company, Chantilly, Va., is being awarded a $5,364,826 firm-fixed-price Modification 0002 to previously awarded contract (N40080-05-C-0161) to install a Laser Perimeter System for the hangar and air traffic control tower under the design/build contract for Presidential Helicopter Programs Support Facility at Naval Air Station, Patuxent River. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed by October 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The original contract, Phase I, was competed via the NAVFAC e-solicitation website with 12 offers received, and based on the results of the technical evaluation, three of the 12 firms who submitted Phase I proposals were invited to participate in the Phase II competitive negotiation process. Award was made on Jan. 27, 2005. This contract modification is executed under the terms and conditions of the existing contract. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, Wash., D.C., is the contracting activity.