PRESS RELEASE: Statement on the U.S. Award of the Thule Air Base Maintenance Contract

Greenlandic and Danish versions below.

For Immediate Release

PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Embassy Copenhagen
December 17, 2022
Statement on the U.S. Award of the Thule Air Base Maintenance Contract

The United States Department of the Air Force announced December 16 that it has awarded a new maintenance contract for Thule Air Base in Greenland to Inuksuk A/S, a Greenlandic joint venture company 51% owned by majority partner Permagreen Grønland A/S and 49% owned by minority partner Vectrus Services Greenland APS. The United States shares a long history of close cooperation with the Danish and Greenlandic governments, and maintenance of Thule is vital to our shared defense partnership and Arctic research cooperation.

The new maintenance contract was awarded consistent with relevant agreements and arrangements between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark. The contract covers a 12-year ordering period and includes a maximum ceiling of $3.95 billion to provide operations and maintenance services for the base. These services include airfield operations, civil engineering, environmental management, food services, health services, supply and fuel logistics, non-secure communications, seaport, transportation, transient quarters, vehicle maintenance, and community and recreation services.

Inuksuk A/S is expected to begin initial services under the contract in early 2023, with a takeover of full management of services on October 1, 2023.

For further information, the official award notification can be found here: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/   

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Toqqaannartumik Saqqummiunneqarsinnaasoq

Tusagassiortunut Nalunaarut

Amerikamiut Allartitaqarfiat Københavnimiit
17. December 2022
Pituffimmi (Thule Air Base) kiffartuussinissamut isumaqatigiissut pillugu nalunaarut

Amerikamiut Air Force Ministeriaqarfianniit decembarip 16-ani nalunaarutigaat Pituffimmi kiffartuussinissamut isumaqatigiissut nutaaq suliffeqarfik Inuksuk A/S, 51% Permagreen Greenland-imiit pigineqartoq, aammalu 49% Vetrus Services Greenland ApS-imiit pigineqartoq, kiffartuussinermut aqutsineq tigussagaat. Amerikap Kalaallit Nunaanni Danmarkimilu Naalakkersuisoqarfii ukiorpassuit suleqatigilluarnikuuai, taamaatumik pingaaruteqarluinnarpoq Pituffimmi aserfallatsaaliuineq ingerlanneqarnissaa, pingaartumik sillimaniarnermi peqatigiinnerput aammalu ilisimatusarnikkut suleqatigiinnerput ingerlateqqinnissaanut.

Kiffartuussinissamut isumaqatigiissut nutaaq Amerika Kunngeqarfik Danmarkilu isumaqatigiissutai naleqquttumillu aaqqiveqatigerusutai naapertorlugit suliaavoq. Isumaqatigiissut ukiut aqqaneq-marluk atuukkumaarpoq, annerpaamillu $3.95 milliarder USD killerivaa, taakkulu aningaasat Pituffimmi ingerlatitsineq aserfallatsaaliunermullu atorneqarumaarput. Kiffartuussinermut ilaapput, timmisartoqarfimmi ingerlatitsineq, civilingeniør-eqarneq, avatangiisinut aqutsineq, inuussutissanut sullissussineq, peqqinnissaqarnermut kiffartuussineq, pilersuineq aammalu orsussaqarnermut ingerlassineq, isertuunneqanngitsumik attaveqaqatigiinneq, talittarfeqarneq, assartuineq, nassiussanik assartuineq, assartuutinut aserfallatsaassineq aammalu innuttaasunut peqqissaartumik kiffartuussineq.

Naatsorsuutaavoq Inuksuk A/S kiffartuussinermi suliat siulliit aallartissagaat 2023 aallaqqaatani, suliallu tamakkiisumik oktober 2023-imi tigussavai.

Pisortatigoortumik nalunaarut ugguuna atuarsinnaavat: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/

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USA’s ambassade i København
17.december 2022
Erklæring om den amerikanske tildeling af vedligeholdelseskontrakten på Thule Air Base.

Det amerikanske luftvåben meddelte den 16. december, at det har tildelt en ny vedligeholdelseskontrakt for Thule Air Base i Grønland til Inuksuk A/S, som er et joint venture-selskab ejet af majoritetspartner Permagreen Grønland A/S med 51% og minoritetspartner Vectrus Services Greenland APS med 49%. USA har igennem mange år haft et tæt samarbejde med den danske og grønlandske regering, og vedligeholdelsen af ​​Thule er afgørende for vores fælles forsvarspartnerskab og arktiske forskningssamarbejde.

Den nye vedligeholdelseskontrakt blev tildelt i overensstemmelse med relevante aftaler og arrangementer mellem USA og det danske kongerige. Kontrakten dækker en 12-årig bestillingsperiode og omfatter et maksimalt loft på 3,95 milliarder dollars til at levere drifts- og vedligeholdelsestjenester til basen. Disse tjenester omfatter flyvepladsoperationer, ingeniørprojekter, miljøstyring, fødevareservice, sundhedstjenester, forsynings- og brændstoflogistik, ikke-sikker kommunikation, havn, transport, midlertidig indkvartering, vedligeholdelse af køretøjer og samfunds- og rekreationstjenester.

Inuksuk A/S forventes at påbegynde de indledende tjenesteydelser ifølge kontrakten i begyndelsen af ​​2023, med fuld overtagelse af drifts- og vedligeholdelsestjenester den 1. oktober 2023.

For yderligere information kan den officielle offentliggørelse om tildelingen af kontrakten findes her: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/

Originally published at https://dk.usembassy.gov/statement-on-the-u-s-award-of-the-thule-air-base-maintenance-contract/

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