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District nears contract with ABM for evening custodial services; costs and board approval questions raised
Summary
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District operations staff reported on April 1 they are near a finalized cooperative‑purchase contract with ABM for evening custodial services, with an estimated contract cost of about $4.07 million and projected general‑fund savings of roughly $2.6 million plus $300K–$400K in risk‑fund savings.
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District operations staff reported to the board on April 1 that the district is near completion of a cooperative‑purchase contract with ABM to provide evening custodial services district‑wide.
Contract and cost estimate: Chief Operations Officer Andy DeGraw and facilities director Jay Carreon reported the cooperative agreement would set a contract value of approximately $4,074,000 for the district’s evening custodial services and estimated roughly $2.6 million in general‑fund savings plus $300,000–$400,000 in risk‑fund savings (workers’ comp/insurance) compared with the cost of continuing district‑run evening custodial operations. The district said it is using a cooperative solicitation initially issued by Paradise Valley Unified School District (Arizona) to contract under established terms and to avoid issuing a new RFP on an accelerated timeline.
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