The General Services Administration's National Park Service issued a purchase order to Patterson Trust LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, on September 24, 2026, for pest control services at the Horace M. Albright Training Center valued at $44,597.00 under a Total Small Business set-aside.
Performance occurs in Grand Canyon, Arizona, with a contract period from September 15, 2026, through September 14, 2027, plus four one-year option periods extending to September 14, 2031. The contractor provides monthly insect spraying (March through October), quarterly spraying (October through March), monthly rodent trap inspection and servicing, and annual bed bug inspections across Kowski Hall, five lodging buildings, and campus courtyards. Rodent control requires covered self-contained traps with instantaneous extermination; sticky traps and poisons are prohibited. The contractor must hold an Arizona Department of Agriculture pest control license, maintain liability insurance of at least $200,000 per person and $500,000 per occurrence, and provide Safety Data Sheets and service documentation at each visit. The order originated from solicitation posted July 29, 2026, with quotations due August 26, 2026.