$610M USDA Insect Production Facility Contract Awarded to Mortenson, USACE – March 6, 2026

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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