Native Alaskan company ASRC Federal has been awarded more work in the islands

On March 29 CHamoru Standard Time ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC of Fairfax, New Jersey was awarded the second of two recent contracts, this time for $75 million of facilities maintenance and more in California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada.

Defense Logistic Agency personnel and ASRC Federal officials signed a partnership agreement in May 2024. Photo courtesy of ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC.

The latest ASRC Federal award for Guam, Kwajalein and Hawaii adds to the revenue of a previously awarded military contract.

ASRC Federal as “as successor-in-interest to Science Applications International Corp.” has been awarded a maximum $9.9 million modification adding funds to a 427-day bridge contract with no option periods for facilities maintenance, repair and operations supplies.

According to a U.S. Department of Defense March 26 release, this is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract.

Work will be carried out in are Guam, Hawaii, and Kwajalein Atoll – where the U.S. Army has a garrison, with an end date this year of June 15. “Using customers are [the] Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard,” the release said.

The modification is to a $90 million sole source contract awarded to ASRC – also as successor-in-interest – in April 2024. Both awards were made by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia, Penn.

ASRC Federal is the government services subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corp., an Alaska Native corporation owned by more than 14,000 Iñupiat shareholders, according to its website.

In May 2023, ASRC Federal acquired the logistics and supply chain management business of Science Applications for a reported $350 million, adding to its capabilities, to include its base operations support capabilities. ASRC Federal said in a release at the time that with the acquisition “ASRC Federal adds 240 professionals to the company who bring with them more than 40 years of experience providing technology-enabled supply chain management and logistics solutions for the Defense Logistics Agency.”

ASRC Federal is classified as a small-disadvantaged business, which means it is classified as such through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program. The 8(a) program has been notably lucrative for Alaskan Native corporations, which receive contracting preferences for U.S. military contracts. ASRC has received previous and larger contracts from DLA.

The 8(a) program was created to help small, disadvantaged businesses compete. Efforts to include Chamorro-owned businesses in Guam (and in the Northern Mariana Islands) as small-disadvantaged 8(a) businesses on an equal footing have been talked about in Guam for years but have not yet progressed to a viable stage. mbj

Native Alaskan company ASRC Federal has been awarded more work in the islands