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
A $15.4 million federal grant dedicated to expanding the Guam Veterans Cemetery is at risk of being rescinded following a mounting legal dispute between veterans leadership and the island’s top prosecutor.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived at U.S. Naval Base Guam on Tuesday, June 16, for its first port call of 2026, marking a key stop in its current Indo-Pacific patrol.
ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC of Fairfield, New Jersey, has been awarded a maximum $150 million “firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies,” according to a June 16 release CHamoru Standard Time from the U.S. Department of War.
Since 2023, residents of and travelers to Palau have had to learn how to do without a nicotine fix via e-cigarettes. The legal importation of e-cigarettes, or vapes, is now banned, and customs officers at the airport have been confiscating these products for about three years.
