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NAVFACEURSWA Awards Contract for Persian Gulf Oil Transfer Platform Modifications

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Story Number: NNS081016-31
Release Date: 10/16/2008 4:49:00 PM

From Naval Facilities Engineering Command Europe and Southwest Asia Public Affairs

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

"This project is NAVCENT's (U.S. Naval Forces Central Command) number one priority. It's critical to enable the Iraqi Military to take over security operations on the platforms," said NAVFAC EURSWA Commanding Officer Capt. Frank Aucremanne.

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 Austin, Texas, 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.

For more news from Naval Facilities Engineering Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/navfachq/.