Navy Awards $302.5M for Coast Guard Facilities in Newport and Pensacola

The U.S. Navy awarded two Coast Guard-funded infrastructure contracts in September 2026, totaling $302.5 million, for maritime facilities in Rhode Island and Florida. The awards pair new construction to support Coast Guard cutter operations with repairs to infrastructure damaged by a hurricane. The Coast Guard announced the awards on October 20, 2026, and the projects were reported as placed contracts—not open solicitations. For contractors seeking near-term work, the practical route is to engage the awardees and their project supply chains rather than prepare a bid for the prime awards.

The largest award is a $271 million contract to Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc. for cutter homeport facilities at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. The project includes a new pier designed to berth four major Coast Guard cutters, a new bulkhead, stormwater-management modifications, and utility installations. These elements point to demand not just for marine construction, but for coordinated waterfront, civil, drainage, and utility work. The project is intended to provide facilities for Coast Guard vessel operations as the service modernizes its fleet.

The second award, valued at $31.5 million, went to Orion Government Services LLC for hurricane-damage repairs at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. The work addresses military pier infrastructure and structural damage, with the source describing the overall portfolio as including pier repair and underwater repair capabilities. Firms with relevant structural, marine, stormwater, utility, and underwater construction experience may find opportunities through the primes’ subcontracting and supplier networks. The available information does not identify subcontract packages, schedules, or additional award terms, so firms should verify those details directly with the awardees.

The Navy used Coast Guard funding for the contracts, drawing on Navy site expertise and existing design contracts to help reduce cost, technical, and schedule risks, according to the source material. The two awards indicate demand for specialized maritime construction across Coast Guard facilities, but they should not be interpreted as evidence that these specific projects remain available for competition. As Admiral Kevin Lunday, Commandant of the Coast Guard, said, “These investments will provide vital infrastructure to support the modernizing Coast Guard fleet.” For industry, the broader signal is continued infrastructure investment supporting maritime readiness; firms can monitor related Coast Guard work while pursuing appropriately scoped participation on the already-awarded projects.

• Total value: The two September 2026 awards total $302.5 million and are Coast Guard-funded contracts awarded by the U.S. Navy.
• Newport prime: Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc. received the $271 million award for cutter homeport facilities at Naval Station Newport.
• Newport scope: The project includes a pier designed for four major cutters, a bulkhead, stormwater modifications, and utility installations.
• Pensacola prime: Orion Government Services LLC received the $31.5 million award for hurricane-damage repairs at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
• Market fit: Marine construction, pier and structural repair, underwater work, stormwater management, and utility firms can assess subcontract and supplier opportunities.
• Procurement status: Both contracts have been awarded; firms should not treat either project as an open solicitation.
• Acquisition context: Navy site expertise and existing design contracts were used to help reduce costs and technical and schedule risks.
• Fleet-readiness signal: The projects support Coast Guard vessel operations and the service’s modernizing fleet, indicating potential continued demand for maritime infrastructure capabilities.