The Bureau of Indian Affairs has announced the award of a $913,000 contract "for construction of new school facilities on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation at Cibecue, Arizona. Successful bidder was Taylor Construction, Inc., of Tucson, Arizona.
The contract calls for construction of an 8-classroom school building to replace a smaller structure that has become dilapidated and inadequate. The new school will accommodate a total of 240 Indian children, 80 more than formerly were served.
The contract also provides for a new administration building; a multipurpose kitchen building; three 3-bedroom and six 2-bedroom houses for instructional staff and remodeling of existing quarters for four employees; storage, maintenance, and garage buildings; a 60,000 gallon water storage tank; water supply system and sewerage system; drives, walks and other site work.
A total of five bids ranging to $1,068,847 were received.
