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Almost a year after the Navy shuttered two barracks buildings on its base in Key West, Florida, leaving sailors scrambling to find a place to live, sailors and officials say the housing crunch persists.
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded a $20 million maximum dollar value, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract, April 30, to ACE Engineering, Inc. (small business) for multiple paving projects located within the Florida Panhandle Area of Operations (AOO). An initial task order is being awarded at $59,631 for repairs to Davis Road onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida, which is routinely used by the base’s emergency services. "The road expansion will provide a safer avenue of access for our fire trucks when entering...