Binding a facility from standing up to shutting down into one contract — about $4.54B across nineteen years, recorded as a restructuring (Bechtel National, Army)

1Not building but starting and finishing

Equipment procurement contracts take as their subject how many of what will be built. This record does not. Systemization in the description means bringing a facility together into a working state, and closure means shutting it down. One facility, from standing it up through operation to shutting it down, is held within a single contractual frame.

Not built, handed over and done, but with finishing use and clearing away inside the scope from the outset. Of the 207 records this site holds as of 2026-08-31, this is the only one containing that phrasing.

2Recorded as an administrative change

The description states that the restructuring is seen as an administrative change to the existing contract. It is positioned not as beginning new work but as reorganizing an existing contract into a more workable form. Over a long-running effort, the shape of a contract is sometimes reset partway through.

That a record with a large amount can represent a reorganization of contract structure rather than a change of substance is a point requiring care in reading public data. Judged by amount it looks like a new award; what the record states is otherwise.

3Nineteen years

The period runs from March 2009 to January 2028, close to nineteen years. Across the 207 Department of Defense contracts this site holds as of 2026-08-31, 42 have durations of fifteen years or more, a fifth of the total, and this sits at the longer end. A separate contract to a different Bechtel entity is recorded around the same dates, running from 19 March 2009 to 25 October 2027.

Related work is split across multiple contracts, each running close to two decades. What facility is the subject is not written in this description.

4From standing it up to closing it down, in one scope

Equipment contracts take as their subject how many of what will be built. That is not what this record covers. Two words in the description, systemization and closure, mark the scope end to end.

1. 1SystemizationAssembling the facility and bringing it to a working state
2. 2OperationRunning the facility
3. 3ClosureShutting the facility down once its work is finished, and clearing it

Not built, handed over and done, but with the finishing and clearing inside the scope from the outset. Of the 207 records this site holds as of 2026-08-31, this is the only one carrying that wording. The description characterises the restructuring as an administrative change to an existing contract: read by amount alone it looks like a new award, which is not what the record says.