ANCHORAGE -- Chenega Corp. has won a $300 million federal contract to help run an Army installation in New Jersey.
Chenega will maintain the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Monmouth, N.J. for the next eight years.
It is the latest in a string of giant federal contracts Alaska Native companies are winning to handle federal work in the United States and overseas.
Chenega is the Native village corporation for the village of Chenega in Prince William Sound. The company will maintain more than 700 buildings as well as roads and grounds for the U.S. Army Garrison in Fort Monmouth, N.J., said Jeff Hueners, the company's chief operating officer.
The company also may provide hazardous waste removal, air traffic control, scheduling for senior officers and other tasks, he said. The work will be performed for six months, with nine one-year renewal options. The contract ends in September 2010.
The contract is a coup for the village corporation with about 110 shareholders who have ties to the Prince William Sound region, Hueners said.
"We've been working on this opportunity for years. It's a landmark for us," Hueners said.
Chenega Technology Services Corp., a subsidiary of the parent company, will employ about 230 people on the New Jersey contract, Hueners said.
