DoD Contract News (trust me, this is good....)

[Robb]

So I'm of the sort who finds it fascinating to read defense contract awards. I've been following an amazing one since March, and it's finally come through today.

Patel Construction Company, Inc., is being awarded $345,775 to build a dog kennel at Naval Station, Brunswick.

Hey, I like dogs. I even like a good kennel, if you're going to have a lot of them. You need it, especially if they're working dogs -- they won't be sleeping at the foot of the bed.

Care to guess how many dogs we're talking about?

Eight.

The amazing part is that this is under budget. Here's what you get:

The seed project (NASB C3-02) is a full design for new construction of a Military Working Dog Kennel at Naval Air Station, Brunswick, ME to accommodate up to eight dogs.

The dog kennel will be an enclosed building including spaces for kennel compartments, food preparation, work/treatment area, storage, and mechanical room is to be provided.

The construction is to consist of a wood framed building with a reinforced concrete foundation and slab on grade. The exterior walls are to consist of a concrete masonry block lower portion with wood stud wall framing above and standard metal siding. The roof is to be standing seam metal over wood rafters and/or wood trusses. The building is to be insulated. The kennel compartments are to be constructed of concrete masonry block, finished with a liquid glaze surface. The floors are to be concrete with a trowel finish and sealed. Incidental work includes provision of utilities connections and exterior fencing. Estimated construction cost of the seed project is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00.

Gotta love the military. :)

[OneBlueSky]

1. sign of the times . . . that's more than the entire annual budget . . .

of our local animal shelter . . .

[leanings]

2. More here than it seems

Military Working Dog kennels are dog storage, training yards, secure storage for drug training aids, medical facilities, office space, living space for dog handlers on duty...the entire MWD operation is run out of the building referred to as the "kennel". It's not just some wire cages in back of the garage. And if you think that 350 is bad, consider that the gov has about 60k in each dog.

[newyawker99]

3. Congrats leanings!! 400 posts

:toast:

[ArkDem]

4. Wow, that put a different light on things.

Are you a military dog handler?

[Robb]

5. Amazing.

I know some people who have sled dogs that are worth as much as 10K (well, they're show dogs too) to the right buyer. I know a bunch of avalanche dog handlers, too. How well trained of a dog do you get for 60K? :)