Interior picks 10 for $500M IT services vehicle

Ten companies have won positions on a potential 10-year, $500 million contract for non-personal IT support services to the Interior Department agency responsible for implementing laws and policies related to indigenous reservations.

Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs made its selections on Friday and received 14 bids in total for the contract, according to Federal Procurement Data System records.

Only companies with the Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise designation could bid for the work.

Awardees are as follows:

• Akima Data Management
• Arctic IT Government Solutions
• Bighorse, Tyrula, Trimetrix & Brite joint venture
• Bull Bear Defense Solutions
• Cherokee Nation Integrated Health
• Chickasaw Service Solutions
• Cyberstar
• Goldbelt Nighthawk
• Native Hawaiian Veterans
• Wichita Tribal Enterprises

This is a brand new requirement with no incumbent.

BIA’s solicitation for the contract posted in February outlines the task areas as including program and project management, customer engagement, data and analytics, security, telecommunications support, field operations support and information management program support.

Approximately 574 federally-recognized tribes are under the jurisdiction of BIA, which covers approximately 2 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives.