U.S. Navy About To Pump Up Guam Megabuild Contracting

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By month's end, the U.S. Navy could award a hotly bid management contract for the military's huge planned construction on the Pacific island of Guam. The estimated $15-billion to $20-billion effort follows the military's intent to move thousands of Marines and civilians from Japan and elsewhere to the U.S. territory, soon to become a strategic military center. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) in Honolulu is now procuring a "program support" task-order contract worth up to $100 million over the next five years to manage architect-engineering and construction services for the Guam expansion effort. Executives of competing firms and other industry sources say NAVFAC short-listed four teams and heard their proposals on June 20. With the Guam program on a fast track, they say the Navy is set to award the contract in August, possibly this month.