As the U.S. military continues to build up its presence in Guam, the Navy selected seven contractors March 14 to compete for construction projects under a five-year indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contract worth up to $2.5 billion. 

Of the nine contractors that submitted under the contract, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific selected Guam-based Black Construction-Tutor Perini JV; Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima LLC, also based there; Concord, Calif.-based Gilbane Federal JV; Watsonville, Calif.-based Granite-Obayashi 2 JV; Hensel Phelps Construction Co. Honolulu; and Carlsbad, Calif.-based RQ Construction LLC to compete for the work, according to the US Dept. of Defense contract award notice.