“Coast Guard awards contract to rebuild Station South Padre Island” –CG-9

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Below is a post from the Acquisitions Directorate (CG-9).

The location near the Mexican border is obviously significant, but it is also near Starbase, TX.

“Starbase, Texas, is a burgeoning city and SpaceX hub in the Rio Grande Valley near Brownsville, established around SpaceX’s Starship development and launch facilities, becoming an official municipality in May 2025 with hundreds of residents, mostly SpaceX employees, creating a unique space-focused company town known as the ‘Gateway to Mars'” —AI overview.

I presume South Padre Station also supports Operation River Wall. 

Coast Guard awards contract to rebuild Station South Padre Island

Jan. 15, 2026 —The Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center awarded a $200 million design-build contract to The Haskell Company Jan. 9 for the comprehensive recapitalization and expansion of Coast Guard Station South Padre Island in South Padre Island, Texas. The award was made as a task order through the National Multi-Award Construction Contract III and is the largest single task order in the history of the Coast Guard’s Military Construction program.

The task order, made possible through the historic investment in Coast Guard shore infrastructure as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, will deliver the design and construction of more than 120,000 square feet of essential facilities and supporting infrastructure, directly enhancing mission readiness and execution for Coast Guard personnel in the region. Preliminary design and environmental work will begin immediately, with project completion anticipated in summer 2028.

The full scope of work under the task order includes:

  • Completion of an environmental assessment, site survey investigations and design services for various facilities.
  • Construction of new station facilities.
  • Construction of unaccompanied personnel housing, additional berthing and mission support facilities.
  • Rebuilding of waterfront infrastructure.
  • Construction of a Joint Operations Center and Customs and Border Protection support space.
  • Forward operations space for Deployable Specialized Forces.
  • Delivery of a new harbor operations center and other mission support facilities.
  • Comprehensive site development, utilities and outfitting.

Station South Padre Island is strategically positioned to support border security, interdict illicit trafficking and ensure the safe and lawful movement of commerce. The rebuild effort will address damages at the boathouse that were caused by a fire in April 2025 and enhance mission capabilities to fully support Coast Guard core missions of securing the U.S. border and maritime approaches, facilitating commerce vital to economic prosperity and strategic mobility and responding to contingencies along the Gulf Coast and surrounding waterways.

The project represents the largest award value for a shore infrastructure construction project in Coast Guard history and will be delivered on the shortest timeline to date. The planning phase was compressed from the standard 18 months to 45 days, while the contracting process was reduced from 15 months to four months.

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