M. A. Mortenson Co., from Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been awarded a massive $610 million firm-fixed-price contract on March 6, 2026, to construct the Department of Agriculture’s Domestic New World Screwworm Sterile Insect Production Facility.
Contract Award Details
| Contractor: | M. A. Mortenson Co. |
| Award Date: | March 6, 2026 |
| Contract Value: | $610,000,000 |
| Project: | Domestic New World Screwworm Sterile Insect Production Facility |
| Location: | Edinburg, Texas (Moore Airbase) |
| Contract Number: | W9126G-26-C-A011 |
| Awarding District: | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District |
Work will be performed at Moore Airbase in Edinburg, Texas, with an estimated completion date of March 6, 2028.
CORRECTION: The $610,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract (W9126G-26-C-A011) announced on March 6, 2026, to M. A. Mortenson Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the Department of Agriculture’s Domestic New World Screwworm Sterile Insect Production Facility, has an estimated completion date of Dec. 6, 2028, not March 6, 2028.
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