Award of a $1,085,400 contract for the construction of new school facilities at Nenahnezad School on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Fruitland, New Mexico, was announced today by the Department of the Interior.
Facilities to be constructed include two 160-pupil dormitories, a kitchen-dining building, a multipurpose building, a storage and utility building, employees' quarters, and a 9-stall garage. In addition, the existing school building will be remodeled, the streets and parking areas paved, and all utility systems will be replaced or expanded.
These facilities, when complete, will replace some substandard facilities and provide for the enrollment of 170 children not now in school.
The successful bidder was Hesselden Construction Co., of Albuquerque, N. Mex. Five higher bids, ranging from $1,117,700 to $1,229,500 were received.
