CBP awards Teya Diversified $23.3 million for border port repairs

An Anchorage company owned by a village corporation in Kenai took in more than $33 million this month from the two federal agencies that run the border and immigration enforcement.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded Teya Diversified Services three contracts worth $23,336,407 for 397 construction and repair tasks at land ports of entry along the northern border. The largest pays $9,061,660 for 164 tasks at 12 ports; the others cover 118 tasks at nine ports and 115 tasks at 10 ports. All three run through Sept. 24, 2027. The port counts add up to 31 across the three, though the records do not say whether the lists overlap, and nothing in them indicates any of the work is in Alaska.

Separately, Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded Teya $9,975,502 in September for caretaker maintenance, the term for keeping a building's systems running rather than operating it.

Teya Diversified Services is one of a family of companies held under Teya Development Company, LLC, which is wholly owned by the Salamatof Native Association. Salamatof is an Alaska Native village corporation, formed under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, with its headquarters in Kenai. The Teya companies are certified in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program for disadvantaged businesses, and several hold HUBZone certification as well.

The records do not state whether the border contracts were competed or set aside.