# Navy Awards $975 Million East Coast Construction IDIQ

On September 30, 2026, the Navy established an 11-awardee, firm-fixed-price construction IDIQ with a combined ceiling of $975 million for Marine Corps Installations East and other NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic requirements. The vehicle runs through September 2031, subject to option exercise, but the ceiling is not an immediate obligation: future work depends on funded task orders competed among contract holders. Sauer Construction received the first task order, worth $22.901 million, to build a Special Operations Forces armory at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

- The $22.901 million Camp Lejeune task order is funded with fiscal 2026 military construction, Navy funds; the larger IDIQ ceiling represents potential work, not guaranteed spending.
- Sauer Construction and the other contract holders can compete for funded task orders under the vehicle. Contractors outside the awardee group should not treat the IDIQ as an open task-order competition.
- Awardees should plan around recurring task-order competitions and the vehicle’s period through September 2031; the signal states that the 10 other awardees each have a $5,000 minimum guarantee.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Defense & Military
**Topics:** Contracting Vehicles, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** September 30, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Navy (USN)
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Mid-Atlantic (NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic)
- U.S. Marine Corps (USMC)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

### Vendors
- Sauer Construction LLC (IDIQ contract holder and awardee of the first task order)
- The Haskell Co. (IDIQ contract awardee eligible to compete for task orders)
- Walsh Federal LLC (IDIQ contract awardee eligible to compete for task orders)
- The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. (IDIQ contract awardee eligible to compete for task orders)
- Environmental Chemical Corp. (IDIQ contract awardee eligible to compete for task orders)

### Sources
- [Navy Awards $975 Million Construction IDIQ for Marine Corps East Coast Facilities | TheDefenseWatch.com](https://thedefensewatch.com/defense-contracts/navy-975-million-construction-idiq-marine-corps-camp-lejeune) - The Defense Watch