Marine Corps seeks to add 10 new barracks at Camp Pendleton

Ten new barracks with 3,410 rooms would be built at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton under an expedited construction proposal announced last week.

The new Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) would replace 10 “outdated” barracks at the Marine Corps base north of San Diego.

The project would include just under 656,000 square feet of living space, according to the plan released Aug. 28. The solicitation by the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command is posted on the government contracting website, SAM.gov.

The deadline to respond to the solicitation is Oct. 1.

“Selected vendors will be invited to submit full proposals covering design, manufacturing, logistics, and construction pricing and schedules for replacement barracks at Camp Pendleton,” the solicitation said.

The Camp Pendleton project is part of the Barracks 2030 plan, which will spend $11 billion total to replace old, deteriorating barracks at Marine installations around the country.

“The Department of the Navy is modernizing its aging infrastructure, which continues to degrade due to poor environmental conditions, structural deficiencies and outdated building systems,” the solicitation stated. “The goal is to improve warfighter quality of life, ensuring the warfighter’s living and learning environments match the standard of excellence expected on the battlefield.”

The new barracks will be “modern, high-quality facilities engineered to meet revised spatial standards and living configurations for today’s Marines,” according to a Navy news release.

The Department of the Navy is seeking an industrialized modular building concept called Progressive Design Build, which the Pentagon says will cut construction costs by 20%.

“The core objective is to deliver high-quality, energy-efficient, and resilient facilities while accelerating delivery timelines and reducing both construction and lifecycle costs,” the Navy said in a statement.

In addition to barracks, the Department of the Navy proposal would build 10 new day care facilities at bases in the U.S., totaling 324,919 square feet able to accommodate 2,701 children.