Contracting Solutions

As your strategic partner in agile procurement, Cherokee Federal offers a complete continuum of contracting vehicles to deliver rapid, cost-effective solutions tailored to your mission.

MODERN CONTRACTING MADE SIMPLE

At Cherokee Federal, contracting is more than compliance, it is a mission advantage. Through our team of Tribal 8(a) eligible LLCs, we offer a sole-source procurement method that bypasses traditional barriers, enabling agencies to move quickly, maximize resources and deliver results. Unlike conventional 8(a) contracts, there is no dollar threshold limitation on sole-source awards to tribally owned 8(a) firms (13 CFR 124.506). This means federal customers can secure the services they need swiftly, efficiently and with confidence. 

The Cherokee Advantage

  • Flexible award ceilings: Civilian agencies can award up to $30M and DoD agencies up to $150M without Justification and Approval (J&A). With a valid J&A, awards are unlimited.

  • Protest-proof process: Direct awards to Tribal 8(a) firms cannot be protested, ensuring disruption-free procurement.

  • Speed and efficiency: Accelerated timelines allow contracts to be awarded in weeks, meeting critical mission needs.

  • Transparent negotiations: Agencies work directly with qualified firms, aligning cost and performance in real time.

  • Teaming and collaboration: Our family of companies combines expertise across multiple fields, creating tailored, innovative solutions that drive mission success.

 

Cherokee Federal combines the agility of a small business with the scale and resources of a large enterprise. This unique position allows us to streamline acquisition while ensuring federal customers have a trusted, knowledgeable and experienced partner at their side.

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Government-Wide Vehicles

Sponsor: GSA: OMB Best-in-Class
Eligible Buyers: All federal agencies
Contract Access Fee: 0.15%
Contract Types: All types including hybrids
Ordering Period: 12/19/2024 - 12/18/2034
Ceiling: Unlimited

Description
A full range of integrated professional services, organized by domains:
• Management & Advisory
• Technical & Engineering
• Research & Development
• Intelligence
• Environmental
• Facilities
• Logistics

Cherokee LLC
Multiple
8(a) Pending
Small Business
Unrestricted

Sponsor: GSA
Eligible Buyers: All federal, state, local & tribal governments
Contract Access Fee: 0.75%
Contract Types: FFP, LH, T&M
Ordering Period: Five-year base + 3 five-year OYs
Ceiling: Unlimited

Description
A portfolio of SINs offering services at pre-negotiated prices, including:
• Facilities Solutions
• Information Technology
• Office Management
• Professional Services
• Scientific Management
• Security & Protection

Cherokee LLC
Multiple
8(a)
Small Business
OTSB

Sponsor: GSA: OMB Best-in-Class
Eligible Buyers: All federal agencies
Contract Access Fee: 0.75%
Contract Types: FFP, T&M, LH or hybrid
Ordering Period: 7/2/2021 – 7/1/2029
Ceiling: $50B

Description
Flexible access to IT services and custom IT-based solutions:
• Sole source orders up to 8(a) threshold
• Expanded capabilities for emerging tech

Cherokee LLC
Multiple
Cherokee Nation System Solutions
8(a) SDB

Sponsor: Army
Eligible Buyers: Army, DoD & all federal agencies
Contract Access Fee: None
Contract Types: FFP, CR, T&M
Ordering Period: 9/18/2018 – 9/24/2027
Ceiling: $12B

Description
ITES-3S provides a full range of innovative, world-class IT support services

Cherokee LLC
Criterion Systems
Large Business

Defense Agency Vehicles

Provide standardized enterprise IT support services to Medical Treatment Facilities (MTF) and Other Lines of Business (OLB).

NAICS
541513

Ceiling
$2.4B

Provide the DHA and other DoD Health-related offices with a wide range of Health Research & Development-related activities.

NAICS
541714

Ceiling
$10B

Counter threats and vulnerabilities and bolster national and international CBRNE security through assessments, exercises, and modeling & simulations.

NAICS
541330

Ceiling
$850M

Provide a full scope of Mission Support Facility Sustainment (MSFS) in support of the Missile Defense Agency facility sites.

NAICS
561210

Ceiling
$100M

Engineering design, tailored systems engineering, and product acquisition to close warfighting capability gaps.

NAICS
541330

Ceiling
$250M

Aircraft maintenance services and support (Kits, Recovery, Augmentation, Components, and Engines).

NAICS
336411

Ceiling
$6B

Integrated Product Support program management & logistics support across system life cycles.

NAICS
541330

Ceiling
$346M

Programmatic, engineering and logistics support.

NAICS
541330

Ceiling
$125.8M

Engineering and program management support across Navy ordering activities.

NAICS
541519

Ceiling
$50B

On-boarding to NIWC Atlantic’s CSSP program — defensive cyber operations for DoD and federal networks.

NAICS
541330

Ceiling
$100M

Medically related project & program support services for DHA within CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. Territories.

NAICS
561210

Ceiling
$840M

Intelligence Agency Vehicles

Provide the United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), its Defense Intelligence Enterprise mission partners, and its Intelligence Community mission partners with Analytic and Analysis expertise services support

NAICS
541990

Ceiling
$2.4B

SITE III facilitates worldwide coverage for integrated IT intelligence requirements and technical support services to the DIA and NGA.

NAICS
541519

Ceiling
$12.6B

Civilian Agency Vehicles

Highly skilled information technology support services (ITSS) under a wide variety of technical disciplines for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).

NAICS
541519

Ceiling
$500M

Support EPA’s Multi-Regional Information Technology Support Services (MRITSS) needs for computing, telecommunications, and information services.

NAICS
541513

Ceiling
$240M

The FAA’s preferred small business contracting vehicle for services supporting any range of functional disciplines and elements of the FAA systems life cycle and all facets of management.

NAICS
541611

Ceiling
$2B

NOAA-wide coverage for IT Core Management Components and Service Areas as well as Cross-cutting services that support the government through system design, development, fielding, and sustainment of global NOAA IT needs.

NAICS
541330

Ceiling
$2.1B

Professional and subject matter expert staffing support services to assist with meeting the overarching mission of the DOS.

NAICS
561210

Ceiling
$248M

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