Northern
Arapaho Tribal Industries (NATI)
is a professional services firm that provides a wide range of services to
federal agencies and other clients. These services include information
technology and telecommunications solutions; program planning and evaluation,
policy analysis, training and technical assistance, and business and economic
development. NATI is a wholly owned enterprise of the Northern Arapaho Tribe
of the Wind River Reservation of Wyoming.
NATI participates in the
Tribal 8(a) Program
(certified by the SBA until December 2015) and may receive sole source
contracts of any value (i.e., not subject to the $3 million limitation applied to non-tribal
8a's (13 CFR 124, 123,
311[b])). NATI is also eligible to participate in procurements set aside
for Small Disadvantaged Businesses and for businesses located in HUB Zones. As
an incentive to utilize Indian-owned firms, "FAR
52. 226-1 Utilization of Indian Organizations and
Indian-Owned Economic Enterprises" provides an incentive payment of 5% to a
prime contractor on the portion of work it subcontracts to an Indian-owned firm
such as NATI.