Bachelor Housing Privatization

Concourse has established a strong presence in the Bachelor Quarters Privatization Program. Given the scope of this privatization effort, Concourse believes there is tremendous potential for private developers to become involved in this program, and we feel that developers who demonstrate success early in the process will have an advantage as the program expands. Concourse recently led a client in submitting a bid for the first two Department of the Navy Bachelors Quarters Privatization (BEQ) PILOT Projects at San Diego and Norfolk VA.

Bachelor Housing Privatization Overview

Each year the Department of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars to house unmarried service members at their permanent duty locations in the United States. Unmarried junior enlisted members are normally required to live on base in furnished bachelor's living quarters commonly referred to as barracks.

Currently junior unmarried members often share dilapidated barracks rooms with one or two other members and a gang latrine with occupants from several other rooms. Because DoD views housing as a key factor affecting quality of life, the services have initiated plans to improve barracks living conditions.

Over the next several years, the Army and Navy plan to spend about $6 billion to upgrade barracks and provide private sleeping rooms for all permanently assigned members.

The DoD has studied privatization of barracks, as an efficient and cost effective means of achieving the necessary upgrades to these facilities. The Navy has an additional goal to provide barracks for approximately 20,000 sailors who currently live aboard ships even when in homeport.

Privatization of barracks will be carried out under the authorization of the 1996 MHPI legislation, which allows the DoD to provide various enhancements and authorizes private sector financing, ownership, operation and maintenance of military housing, including barracks.