Award of a $1,140,230 contract for construction of school facilities at Porcupine, S. D., located 26 miles northeast of Pine Ridge, S. D., on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation was announced today by the Department of the Interior.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Robert L. Bennett said that the construction, when complete, will provide classrooms adequate for a total enrollment of 330 elementary school children.
The facilities will include an instructional materials center, administrative offices, multipurpose-kitchen, a pump house building and quarters.
Other work will include site grading, utilities, sewage lagoons, drives, curbs and gutters, streets, walks and other related work.
The successful bidder was R & S Construction Co., of Rapid City, S. D. Eight higher bids, ranging up to $1,320,000, were received.
