On September 16, 2022, Navy Installations Command awarded a delivery order valued at $19.7 million to Black Construction / Mace International Joint Venture for repairs to Synchrolift F#458 (Work Order #1376649) located in the British Indian Ocean Territory. The contract operates under a firm fixed-price arrangement with an ultimate completion date of October 10, 2025, which was recently extended at no additional cost through a modification. This delivery order was issued without a set-aside designation, indicating open competitive procurement. The work is performed under the Diego Garcia and British Indian Ocean Territory Multiple Award Construction Contract 2021-2026, a $348.5 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) vehicle awarded by Navy Installations Command that supports U.S. Navy shore facilities in the Diego Garcia region through September 2026.
Black Construction / Mace International Joint Venture, a Guam-registered partnership, brings extensive experience delivering critical infrastructure maintenance and construction services to U.S. Navy installations. The joint venture has demonstrated consistent capability across complex, high-value projects including facility repairs, system replacements, and infrastructure upgrades. The synchrolift repair project reflects the contractor's specialized expertise in supporting strategic U.S. military operations in remote locations, with task orders under the parent IDIQ contract ranging from $150,000 to $50 million and covering design-build, design-bid-build, renovation, and general construction services essential to maintaining operational readiness at key naval installations.