Corporate Capabilities
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 asidefor 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.
NATI regularly augments its own professional capabilities by accessing the professional resources, multi-site workforce, GSA Schedules, and extensive track records and experience of strategic team partners. One of these partners, Support Services International, Inc. (SSI) [www.ssinar.com]received the Administrator's minority business enterprise award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in DOT for its work in support of the National Driver Register (1990).
NATI's areas of expertise include:
Design and Development of Information Systems
- Requirements analysis
- Needs assessment
- System design. implementation,
& testing/IV&V - System evaluation
- System specification and design
- Web-based training
- Imbedded expert systems
System Documentation, User Training, and
Technical Support
- Computer assisted/Web-based instruction
- Preparation of user
manuals and training materials - On-line training and
help components - Help Desk support
Network Design, Installation, & Maintenance (Wired and Wireless)
Call Center Solutions, Staffing, & Operations
Information Dissemination
- Newsletters
- Brochures
- Internet and Intranet-Based Dissemination
- Fax-Back
Systems
Database Management Systems
- Database Development
Methodology and Organization - Database design (RDBMS, SQL)
- System monitoring, control,
and maintenance - Data Collection, analysis,
reporting, and automation - Automated data collection
forms and processing/OCR
Program Evaluation and Assessment
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research
- Experiments and Quasi-experiments
- Process, Impact, and Outcome
Evaluations
Resource Allocation/Cost Benefit Analysis
Survey and Evaluation Research
- Evaluability
assessment - Sample design
- Questionnaire
design, scaling, unobtrusive measures; computer-assisted data acquisition,
validation - Data collection¾telephone, mail,
personal interviews - Data analysis
and reporting - Outcome and
impact studies/Treatment Outcome Evaluation
Conference Management and Support
- Planning and procurement
of conference facilities and services - Registration
- Audio/video
recording - Preparation and
dissemination of Conference Proceedings/Reports
Representative Projects
Development of the Workload
Management System for Nursing (WMSN)-a PC-based system that tracks nursing
staff utilization at the hospital, service, and national levels. (DoD, Defense
Supply Service).
Development of TeleCounseLink-telemedicine
application promoting substance abuse treatment on remote Indian Reservations
(National Institute of Drug Abuse, subcontractor to Danya, Inc.).
Technical assistance in the reprocurement of computer support for the National Driver Register (NHTSA).
Technical support in reprocurement of teleprocessing services (HUD).
Recertification of INS-certified schools (Immigration and Naturalization Service, DOJ).
Technical assistance and database management for the minerals management system (Bureau of Mines,Department of Interior).
Data processing and analytic support for civil rights investigations (Departments of Justice, Health and
Human Services, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
Enhancement of the FAA Regional Project Management System (Federal Aviation Administration--FAA).
Design and development of the test equipment information system; included development of quality control procedures, database design and management, (FAA).
Systems analysis in support of the maintenance contracts for the automated weather system (FAA).
Systems analysis and procurement support for the budget information system-functional specifications, evaluation of existing systems, drafting of the request for proposal (RFP) work statement, and pricing and performance evaluation of proposed vendor systems (FAA).Technical support to the Administration for Airway Facilities including vendor invoice monitoring and verification, database administration, and software documentation (FAA).
Operations support to the Systems Maintenance Service-including the development of implementation plans,software installation, development of standards and procedures, database
maintenance, and user support (FAA).
Conference management including budget development, procurement of conference facilities and services, conference registration, and production of conference proceedings (FAA, Indian Health Service, DOD, Bureau of Indian Affairs).
Development of Handbooks and training materials to support The Office of Test and Evaluation Oversight of the FAA, the Indian Health Service, and for the Older Americans Program at the Department of Labor.
Development and evaluation of the community health representative information system-data acquisition through touch-screen application on portable PCs (IHS).
National
Evaluator of the Implementation of Welfare Reform in Indian Country (HHS/ASPE)