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
Following the passage of Super Typhoon Bavi through Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands on July 6, regional emergency officials are warning businesses and public leadership across the Marianas to prepare for a prolonged tropical cyclone season driven by a strong El Niño pattern.
Guam Economic Development authority grant awardees are creating impactful community projects in media and the arts to connect with community members across the region.
Roland Lumongsud, inside sales, and Jon McDonald, general manager, both with Frontier Supply Co. The pair had packs of Frontier’s Private Reserve Coffee to hand out to attendees at the Society of American Military Engineers Guam Post Guam Industry Forum.
Ho S. Eun, chairman of Core Tech International, is a longtime local contractor and among Core Tech International’s area of expertise is property development. Speaking in July with Ryan Mummert on the Datapoints podcast in, presented by Pinpoint Guam, he discussed Core Tech Development’s purchase at auction of Younex International’s Oka property, formerly Emerald Ocean View Park, now known as Summer Towers.