As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), Chenega MIOS offers a unique, agile, flexible, and streamlined sole-source procurement option to federal customers. As SBA-certified 8(a) entities under Chenega Corporation, our companies’ sole source contracting provides federal customers with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) provisioned acquisition methods to maximize current contract performance, continuity, and scope, and to achieve small business goals.
Implemented Flexibility
ANC sole-source procurements provide federal customers with the advantage of agile and scalable contracting solutions. Following SBA approval, they allow for open discussions and direct negotiations. Additionally, ANCs can offer sole-source procurements protected from protests.
What Does an Accelerated Timeline Look Like?
Sole-source procurement can be completed in weeks and provides federal customers with immediate contract workforce retention and work continuation. Open discussions of scope and workshare can occur throughout the procurement process immediately following SBA approval. The MIOS 8(a) companies provide our customers insight and decades of contracting expertise to help tailor pre-award requirements – achieving the highest quality post-award outcomes.
ANC Sole-Source Process (3 to 4 weeks)
- Develop SOW
- Identify Budget
- Submit Sole-Source Solicitation to SBA
- Receives SBA Response within 5 Days
- Negotiate and Award Contract
- Start Performance



Standard Procurement (12 - 18 Months)
- Develop SOW
- Identify Budget
- Identify Contract Vehicle
- Develop Solicitation
- Post Solicitation
- Amend Solicitation
- Receive and Evaluate Responses
- Establish Competitive Range
- Discussion, ENs, FPRs
- Award Contract
- Protests & Associated Delays
- Start Performance

Sole-source contracting through the Chenega MIOS companies provides powerful benefits to federal customers, like greater speed, flexibility, and reliability. Learn more about how 8(a) ANC contracts work, for the contractor and the customer.
An accelerated procurement timeline, without the disruptions and delays resulting from complex evaluations and potential protests.
Pre-award schedule risk is no longer an issue due to the non-protestable nature of ANC sole-source procurements (13 CFR 124.517).
Flexibility and reliability through direct negotiations (13 CFR 124.503) allows us to truly understand our customers mission goals and competitive threshold exemptions (48 CFR 19.805-1) allow for uninterrupted workflow.
ANCs provide Federal customers with a virtually unlimited sole-source ceiling for most service based contract opportunities due to higher J&A than other small disadvantaged business groups (48 CFR 6.303-1).
As part of the Chenega Corporation, many of the MIOS companies are SBA-certified 8(a) ANC entities. Learn more about the MIOS companies that provide this streamlined, sole-source procurement option.