Idaho firm gets $30,244 emergency order to replace a Tok sewage pump

Northern Management Services Inc. of Sandpoint, Idaho, is replacing a sewage lift station pump in Tok under a $30,244 emergency order that the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service obligated on Oct. 8. The work is scheduled to run through Nov. 30, according to the federal award record, which lists Tok as the place of performance.

The record identifies the order as a BPA call, a task issued under a blanket purchase agreement, a standing contract that lets an agency draw on a pre-approved vendor for recurring or urgent work without a new competitive bid each time. It does not say whether competition was limited this time or what pump failure prompted the work. Federal acquisition guidance permits agencies to limit competition for urgent needs. The $30,244 is what has been obligated to date, not what has been spent.

The firm also holds a $183,453 order for snow and ice removal at the Dalton Cache and Skagway land ports of entry and a $208,891 order for generator rental in Anchorage. A separate $24,821 order covers expansion joint repairs meant to stop water intrusion at a federal building.