Albuquerque Company has grabbed a contract worth $32.5 million to manufacture Spaceport America’s terminal and hanger facility has been awarded to a New Mexico firm.

While talking to reporters, New Mexico Spaceport Authority executive director Steve Landeene said, “The bid award to Summit West is a significant step in the overall construction of the $200 million state-owned spaceport located southeast of Truth or Consequences.”

The sources said that the Albuquerque firm was the lowest of four bidders on the project.

The three-floor, 110,000 square foot facility will serve as the headquarters of operations for the spaceport’s anchor tenant, which is a Britain-based Virgin Galactic in addition to for the Spaceport Authority.

It is expected that the construction will start in the middle of December this year.