The Oneida Nation Business Committee said it adopted a resolution requiring all tribal divisions, entities and corporations to disengage from contracts involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement, following the discovery that a tribally owned joint venture had secured two sole-source contract awards with the federal agency.
The resolution comes after Oneida-Stantec JV, LLC was awarded a $3.8 million contract on Dec. 27 and a $2.6 million contract on Sept. 19 for ICE-related work, according to government contract databases. The Business Committee learned of the awards two days before issuing a Dec. 31 press release announcing the directive.
Oneida-Stantec JV is a partnership between Oneida Environmental, a subsidiary of the tribally owned Oneida Engineering Science Construction Group, and Stantec, an Edmonton, Canada-based engineering firm. Oneida Environmental operates as an…
