Change order to add additional funds to cover the additional professional engineering services… and 2 more items

The Virginia Department of Military Affairs awarded contract PO04592236-V4 to Wiley & Wilson on August 24, 2026, with a cumulative value of $3,362,488.00. The primary place of performance is the State Military Reservation Croatan Beach Parking Lot in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The contract encompasses professional engineering design services for an integrated microgrid system, including a 300-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system and a 1,200-kilowatt-hour battery energy storage system designed to work in conjunction with existing underground electrical distribution infrastructure, standby diesel/natural gas generation capacity, and microgrid control systems. The resulting microgrid will be capable of isolating and powering critical loads independently for a minimum of 14 days.

Deliverables under the contract consist of three change orders totaling $3,362,488.00. The initial change order, valued at $3,173,506.00, covers the development of working drawings for the microgrid and backup power project. A second change order, valued at $17,646.00, requires the delivery of Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis and Design and Construction Agent Assessment Services to support required project reporting. The third change order, valued at $171,336.00, provides for additional professional engineering and cost estimating services to redesign the underground electrical distribution and communication systems to remove and segregate unsupported building facilities in response to National Guard Bureau resubmission requirements.