The Bureau of Indian Education, operating under the Department of the Interior, awarded a garbage service contract to Pacific Sanitation, Inc. valued at $306,942.37 on December 11, 2023. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, covers weekly garbage collection and disposal services for Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, with a base performance period of one year and options for four additional one-year extensions. Pacific Sanitation, Inc., a small business specializing in waste management and sanitation services across the Pacific Northwest, was selected to provide regular weekly pick-up and occasional additional collection services at the school's Brooks, Oregon location.
The underlying solicitation, posted by the Bureau of Indian Education in December 2023, specifically required offerors to be licensed to operate within Marion County, Oregon, and emphasized technical acceptability and price reasonableness as evaluation criteria. The contract utilizes a firm fixed-price structure with pricing locked in across the base year and optional extensions, providing cost certainty for the government entity. This award supports the Bureau of Indian Education's mission to serve Native American communities by ensuring essential facility services at Chemawa Indian School, one of the Bureau's historic educational institutions.