Montgomery company awarded defense contract

Caddell Construction Co., Inc. of Montgomery is being awarded a $91,600,000 firm fixed price contract for construction of a new 3rd Army Headquarters Complex to be located at Shaw Air Force Base.

The work to be performed provides for the construction of an Army Central Headquarters Complex.

The project will include the design and construction of the ARCENT Headquarters Complex which includes the Command and Control Facility (C2F Facility), the Headquarters, and a Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility ex terior covered equipment hardstand area and staff parking.

The contract is incrementally funded with the first increment of $58,079,920 being allocated at the time of award.

The second increment will be funded in fiscal 2010 at $33,520,080.

Work will be performed in Sumter, S.C., and is expected to be completed by April 2011.

Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 18 proposals received.

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity.