NAVFAC awards $9.5 million to local grounds keeping company
Proferre Inc., a local landscape maintenance company, was awarded a $9.5 million, firm-fixed contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command.
The contract is for the ground maintenance and tree trimming services at Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base. According to a Department of Defence release, the expected end date for the contract is November 2029.
Earlier this year the company was awarded a contract by the Pacific Air Forces with a potential value of $19,000 and in 2023, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Geological Survey with a potential value of $90,500.
Proferre was founded in 2021, and is a HUBZone certified small business.
The Guam Guard’s State Partnership Program held its inaugural event with Palau. It shared its practices in emergency management and planning, communications, disaster response, and more. Photo by Mark Scott, Guam National Guard.
In other military news, the Guam National Guard’s State Partnership program with Palau.
The event was held in Palau from Oct. 28 to Oct. 31. According to a Guam National Guard release, guardsmen met with Palauan agencies and discussed emergency action plans and communications capabilities on the island.
The partnership was formalized by Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero of Guam and President Surangel Whipps Jr. of Palau in April with the goal of improving relationships and interoperability between the U.S. and Palau, the release read. mbj
The Guam Solid Waste Authority discontinued its bulky waste self-haul service at the Harmon, Agat, and Malojloj residential transfer stations effective June 1, officially reverting to an appointment-only curbside collection model.
The USS George Washington left its forward-deployed port of Yakuska in Japan on May 30 for its spring deployment on patrol in the Indo-Pacific, according to media reports.
The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office indicted Paul Chen, former director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam, which serves Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, for allegedly exploiting his official position to execute multiple fraud and asset misappropriation schemes totaling more than $130,000.
A former Guam Visitors Bureau employee filed a $61.5 million federal lawsuit against the tourism agency on June 1, alleging a prolonged pattern of sexual assault, harassment, and severe institutional failures by former leadership.
