The Department of the Interior today announced award of a $2,131,000 contract to construct a dormitory facility which will enable 152 children from remote portions of Alaska to attend the State Regional High School built by the State of Alaska at Nome.
An agreement between the State of Alaska and Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs provided that the State would build the instructional facility and the Bureau would provide a dormitory. It is expected that later the state will add a second dormitory and expand the instructional space.
The dormitory facility being built under this contract will include sleeping and living accommodations for 152 students, kitchen and dining facilities, office space, staff quarters, garage and a pedestrian tunnel and stair tower to the State Regional High School building.
Norden Construction Company, Inc., and Associate, of Fairbanks, Alaska, was the successful bidder on the Nome dormitory contract. Other bids received range to $2,943,043.
