Award of an $894,186 construction contract at historic Fort Sill Indian School, Lawton, Okla., was announced today by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Successful bidder was the V and N Construction Co., Lubbock, Tex. A total of nine bids was received, the highest $1.5 million.
The contract covers two 128-pupi1 dormitories; a service building; and seven 3-bedroom houses and three 2-bedroom houses for school faculty members. The project will include site grading; connections for all utilities; walks, driveways, play areas and related work. The contractor also will demolish an old dormitory.
Fort Sill School, established in 1892 on the site of an earlier Quaker Indian school, is operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a coeducational boarding high school. Students come from several parts of the country. During the 1965-1966 school year 36 tribes were represented in the student body of 270.
