WINNEBAGO, Neb. | A Ho-Chunk Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a record $80 million contract with the U.S. State Department to help enhance domestic and international security.
The award is the single largest annual federal contract in the history of All-Native Group, Ho-Chunk's federal services contracting division. To handle the increased work, the number of employees at Ho-Chunk's Washington D.C. offices will increase significantly, according to a news release Wednesday.
Ho-Chunk is the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska's economic development corporation. Tribal Chairman John Blackhawk said the new contract will be a great opportunity for the tribe.
“Revenue from these government contracts has made a big impact in the community providing jobs, housing, an internship and scholarship program as well as helping the tribe move forward in their goals,” Blackhawk said in a statement.
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The $80 million contract calls for All Native to provide program management and administrative support to the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security. The work involves the department's ongoing effort to upgrade security domestically and at its overseas facilities in order to better protect personnel, property and national security information.
All Native will provide training to Department of State agents and other employees of the diplomatic agency.
A total of 225 personnel will be employed over a three-year period as a result of the federal contract. The support is predominantly located at the domestic DOS facilities, but will also support and train personnel globally, which includes more than 260 Foreign Service posts worldwide.
All Native will employ physical security specialists, many types of subject matter experts, investigative professionals, financial managers, cyber professionals, as well as other personnel in professional support fields for these courses. To enhance the level of training, the Ho-Chunk division will work to employ instructors who have recently returned from high-threat areas.
Ho-Chunk also announced that another of its subsidiaries was awarded a $5.4 million federal contract under the Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) Human Resources Directorate. The subsidiary, Ho-Chunk Technical Solutions, will provide labor, supervision and quality control to provide comprehensive administrative and professional HR support services.
The contract calls for Ho-Chunk Technical Solutions to employ 11 people over three years, primarily at the Pentagon, the Mark Center and various WHS-leased facilities in Virginia, just outside Washington.
