HHI Wins $14 Million Navy Contract for Flagstaff Observatory Water and Fire Suppression Infrastructure

HHI Corp. of Ogden, Utah, has won a $14 million firm-fixed-price Navy contract to design and construct potable water tanks and fire-suppression infrastructure at the Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station in Flagstaff, Arizona. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest made the award. All work will take place at the station, with completion expected by March 2029.

Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station Water and Fire Suppression Details

HHI will handle both the design and construction of the station’s potable water tanks and fire-suppression infrastructure. The award describes a facilities project at the Flagstaff installation; it does not identify work on the observatory’s telescopes or scientific instruments.

The Navy describes the Flagstaff station as a dark-sky site for optical and near-infrared astronomy. Its facilities include a 1.55-meter astrometric telescope and a 1.3-meter infrared telescope. The water and fire-suppression project will be carried out at that operating station.

Award and Contractor Background

The Navy awarded the contract without a competitive solicitation, and no other offers were received. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest, based in San Diego, is the contracting activity.

This award was disclosed by the DoW in its daily press release. Additional contract details will be available on HigherGov in approximately 90 days under N6247326C0031 after the contract is formally disclosed by the government.