The Department of Defense, specifically the Department of the Navy at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, is seeking to extend a contract for the lease of temporary HVAC units and exhaust equipment. This extension, lasting 18 weeks, is crucial to ensure continuous support for ship repair and overhaul operations that have been delayed due to a shipyard-wide work stoppage, which has necessitated a rebaselining of projects by approximately four months. The equipment is essential for maintaining strict environmental conditions required for shipyard work, making it non-severable and justifying the need for the extension with the current contractor. Interested parties can reach out to Audrey Brown at audrey.l.brown43.civ@us.navy.mil for further information.