The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a contract estimated to be valued at $72 million to Chenega Naswik International, a subsidiary of the Alaska native organization Chenega Corporation. Under the contract, CNI will provide enterprise security and administrative services to DHS’ Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, the Chantilly, Virginia-based security firm told ExecutiveGov.
Work will be performed in Glynco, Georgia; Artesia, New Mexico; Charleston, South Carolina; and Cheltenham, Maryland. The contract has a four-year period of performance.
According to CNI President David Pine, the contract is his company’s third consecutive award from the DHS for the FLETC support. The CNI has been delivering enforcement, asset protection and related security services to the FLETC since 2008.
What Are Chenega’s Recent Contract Awards?
CNI is also providing security administration and access control support to the Special Operations Command South under a contract valued estimated to be valued at $6 million awarded in March. Work on the five-year contract expands protective security guard services to Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida.
In December 2024, CNI also secured a $10.5 million contract from the U.S. Army Materiel Command, or AMC, for security guards. Under the contract, CNI personnel will undergo training to conduct screening and patrolling tasks at AMC’s headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
The Chenega subsidiary Chenega Integrated Security Solutions in October 2023 won a blanket purchase agreement worth $47 million from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for security force services at the agency’s headquarters and regional offices. The contract covered the provision of armed and unarmed enforcement and administration of access control and emergency response.
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