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
On Oct. 30, Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Guam requesting for declaratory judgement that the Attorney General Douglas B. Moylan does not have authority to approve contracts for autonomous agencies such as the Guam Power Authority and the Guam Waterworks Authority.
A letter from Gov. Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero indicating her intent to appoint retired U.S. Army colonel Karin L. Watson as the next adjutant general of the Guam National Guard was not publicly provided but has surfaced.
Exercise Malabar 2025 is bringing together the navies of the United States, Japan, Australia and India together in Guam for one of the biggest Quad naval drills in the Pacific.
