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$137,821,964

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Coast Guard

to WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING COMPANY, THE

defenseactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2025 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2025-08-26·LATEST ACTION2026-04-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70Z05025F43000004_7008_70Z04723DPCNI0006_7008
Award description

CERCLA CLEAN-UP EFFORT AND WATERFRONT RECAPITALIZATION AT BASE SEATTLE TO SUPPORT THE HOMEPORTING OF NEW USCG POLAR SECURITY CUTTERS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Environmental cleanup and waterfront modernization at Coast Guard Base Seattle to support homeporting of new polar security cutters.

Sub-sectors
military-base-infrastructureenvironmental-remediationuscg-operations
Why this matters

Enables U.S. Arctic operational capability by preparing infrastructure for next-generation icebreakers critical to polar security and climate-driven maritime access.

Supply-chain signal

Whiting-Turner's $137.8M obligation signals sustained demand for heavy civil construction and environmental remediation contractors supporting federal military infrastructure upgrades.

U.S.–China competition angle

Arctic icebreaker homeporting directly counters Chinese and Russian polar expansion; infrastructure readiness is prerequisite for sustained U.S. presence in contested waters.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-25. Cost: $0.003006.

Period of performance
Start
2025-08-26
End
2029-04-09
Status
activein 1014 days
Sources

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