Federal contractor · TULSA, OK

CHEROKEE NATION DEFENSE SOLUTIONS LLC

CHEROKEE NATION DEFENSE SOLUTIONS LLC received $21.1M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 18 awards (−30% vs FY2025). Since FY2022: $107.5M. Its largest customer was Department of the Air Force ($13.8M).

Obligations · FY2026: $21.1M
New awards: 18
Sole-source: 93%
Single offer: 0.0%

UEI: CVEMGYV2YJW1
Parent company: CHEROKEE NATION

Small businessMinority-owned8(a) programNative-owned

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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

Part of the CHEROKEE NATION MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING, L.L.C.. company family: 36 registered entities, $513.8M in FY2026 together. See the family

CHEROKEE NATION MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING, L.L.C..TULSA, OK · Family page
AI name match · 96%$1.3M
CHEROKEE NATION STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, L.L.C.TULSA, OK
Reported parent$122.4M
CHEROKEE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.TULSA, OK
AI name match · 100%$84.3M
CHEROKEE NATION INTEGRATED HEALTH, L.L.C.TULSA, OK
Reported parent$56.3M
CHEROKEE NATION SOLUTIONS LINK, L.L.C.TULSA, OK
Reported parent$36.5M

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

7.8MFY2022
22.9MFY2023
25.4MFY2024
30.3MFY2025
21.1MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Department of the Air Force$13.8M66%
10 awards
Department of Energy$3.7M18%
1 awards
Defense Human Resources Activity$2.8M13%
2 awards
Department of the Army$1.6M7.4%
2 awards
Missile Defense Agency$5000.0%
1 awards
Defense Health Agency-$121.6K0.0%
1 awards
Office of the Secretary-$626.4K0.0%
1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Professional services$18.4M87%
Education & social services$1.2M5.6%
IT & telecom$1.1M5.2%
Equipment maintenance$375.8K1.8%
Research & development$5000.0%

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

Low competition93%
US 39% · $19.6M
Sole-source awards93%
US 30% · $19.6M
Single-offer competitions0.0%
US 8.7% · $0
Urgency justifications0.0%
US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

Department of the Air Force$13.8M
Department of Defense · 2 awards
Defense Human Resources Activity$2.8M
Department of Defense · 2 awards

Largest awards

DHA PATIENT SAFETY PROGRAM$34M
Defense Health Agency· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· Aug 18, 2023 – May 21, 2026· HT942523C0080
STRATEGIC DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION EXECUTION A AND AS SERVICES$15.6M
Department of the Air Force· Tulsa County, OK· Professional services· Mar 31, 2022 – Apr 23, 2026· FA800322C0008
TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES OF SAFEGUARDS, SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SAVANNAH RIVER SITE$13.2M
Department of Energy· Aiken County, SC· Professional services· Apr 5, 2023 – Aug 18, 2026· 89303723FEM400282
EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR DELTA 6.$10.3M
Department of the Air Force· El Paso County, CO· Professional services· Sep 28, 2022 – Apr 24, 2026· FA251822C0013
COUNTERNARCOTICS AND STABILIZATION POLICY (CNSP) DIVISION SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT$8.1M
Department of the Air Force· Hampton city, VA· Professional services· Jul 9, 2025 – Apr 28, 2026· FA489025C0020
THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTION IS TO AWARD THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKING ROLE PLAYERS AND ROLE PLAYER SERVICES CONTRACT.$5.9M
Department of the Army· Cochise County, AZ· Education & social services· Jun 15, 2022 – Jun 5, 2026· W900KK22C0036
FY26 F18PZ 374421 FM9 ANDERSEN AFB PMO AAS SUPPORT TASK ORDER 3$3.6M
Department of the Air Force· Greene County, OH· Professional services· May 26, 2026 – May 26, 2026· FA800326F0010
FY24 F32JW NCR JWAC 11318F F64K01 FM9 MANAGED SERVICES TO PROVIDE IT HELP DESK SERVICES.$3.5M
Department of the Air Force· King George County, VA· IT & telecom· May 21, 2024 – Jun 17, 2026· FA489024C0024

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

Sub-contracts: $8M (1 subaward)

1 prime

CHEROKEE NATION STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, L.L.C.$8M100%
TULSA, OK · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

FY2021: $0 paid out · $1.7M received
FY2022: $734.1K paid out · $0 received
FY2023: $13M paid out · $54.6K received
FY2024: $1.4M paid out · $133K received
FY2025: $0 paid out · $10.2M received
FY2026: $0 paid out · $8M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

338 companies · $1.5B reported

AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$185.6M
BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward · Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA$150.6M
TAHLEQUAH, OK · 145 subawards
GDH CONSULTING INC$83.3M
TULSA, OK · 4 subawards · Office administrative services

Primes that pay it

32 companies · $65.7M reported

CF2 CONSTRUCTION$23M
TULSA, OK · 2 subawards · Nonresidential building construction
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION$12M
BETHESDA, MD · 16 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services
LUKOS, LLC$5M
TAMPA, FL · 2 subawards · Architectural, engineering, and related services

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Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 180 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

TETRA TECH, INC.$2.3B−53% in FY2026
PASADENA, CA · 95 entities · 20% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveFederal Aviation Administration · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services+8 more
RELIANCE TEST & TECHNOLOGY, LLC$587.7M−25% in FY2026
CRESTVIEW, FL · 12% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesNavy · Architectural, engineering, and related services
CREDENCE DYNAMO SOLUTIONS LLC$367.2M−26% in FY2026
VIENNA, VA · 11% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesU.S. Coast Guard · Architectural, engineering, and related servicesArmy · Architectural, engineering, and related services+2 more

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of CHEROKEE NATION MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING, L.L.C.. (36 recipients).

Matched organizations

Cherokee NationAI match · 100%

Lobbying · 2025: $1.1M; 20 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026: $2.4M

Lobbying by year

2023$360K
16 reports
2024$360K
16 reports
2025$1.1M
20 reports
2026$600K
9 reports

Top issues

Indian and Native American affairs26 reports

Who was contacted

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES26 reports
U.S. SENATE26 reports
Interior - Dept of (DOI)24 reports
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)14 reports
Indian Health Service7 reports
Transportation - Dept of (DOT)7 reports
White House Office2 reports
Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

Cornerstone Government Affairs, Inc.$1.3M
14 reports
Steptoe LLP$640K
6 reports
RAGNAR GROUP LLC$480K
6 reports
DiNino Associates, LLC$0
15 reports
JENNER & BLOCK LLP$0
12 reports
Venable LLP$0
8 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

Congress: members and bills

Through the organizations matched to this company: members of Congress whose campaigns received contributions from their PACs, and the bills their lobbying reports named. Shown beside the company's contracts as a comparison, not a cause.

Bills named in its lobbying reports

H.R. 1 · An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.1 report
119th Congress · Became law · 2025

1 of 61 reports (2023–2026) name at least one bill. Bills and resolutions the current reports name in their issue descriptions, by number of reports. A report names what it lobbied on, not which side it took.

Amounts, members and bills are as recorded, shown side by side. They say nothing about why a contribution was made, how a member voted or what a report sought. A bill number written in a report is read as the measure of the Congress its context points to (a law's number, the Congress written next to it, the title), else of the Congress then sitting.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.