Seneca Cayuga Tribe Ofoklahoma

Seneca Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, operating as Tribal Enterprises through its Seneca-Cayuga Nation division, is a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered in Grove, Oklahoma, that provides emergency fire suppression services and administers federal grant programs for tribal community services as a direct recipient of federal assistance across both contract and grant channels. The tribe operates exclusively as a prime awardee (100% of tracked awards); it does not subcontract and holds no federal contract vehicles or IDVs beyond a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for fire suppression services.

Seneca Cayuga's federal footprint is split between two distinct capability domains. On the contracts side, the tribe delivers fire suppression and emergency response services to the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Oklahoma Region under a BPA established December 15, 2022, with a $250,000 ceiling running through March 27, 2028. Fire suppression calls are priced at $800 per call on a firm fixed-price basis; monthly call volumes fluctuate based on operational need—recent calls have ranged from one call in February 2024 to five calls in August 2025. This BPA represents the primary contract work: 29 awards under the BPA across 2022–2026 generated a combined $286,000 in potential value, though obligated dollars ($135 million across the entire 353-award footprint) far exceed potential value, reflecting the heavily formula-grant-dominated portfolio and the real invoiced value of ongoing grant operations.

On the grants side, Seneca Cayuga is the direct recipient of formula and block grants spanning child care, aging services, community energy assistance, environmental programs, crime victim services, violence prevention, and opioid response. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families is the largest grant customer by award count, with multiple ongoing formula and block grants including the Child Care and Development Fund Mandatory and Matching program ($623,496.71 awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028) and the Child Care and Development Block Grant Discretionary program ($8,040,935.20 awarded the same date). The Administration on Aging funds supportive and nutrition services through multiple Title VI grants under the Older Americans Act (CFDA 93.047 and related programs), with awards issued April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women awarded $887,242 on October 1, 2025, under the Violence Against Women Discretionary Grants for Indian Tribal Governments program (CFDA 16.587) for a three-year continuation of no-cost legal services, co-training with law enforcement, and transitional housing, with the Seneca Cayuga Nation Violence Prevention and Victim Services and partnering Native Alliance Against Violence delivering the work in Grove. The SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment funded a five-year tribal opioid response initiative (awarded September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2029) under which the tribe partners with Rolling Hills Hospital and Lost River Treatment Center to provide medically supervised detoxification, counseling, and long-term recovery support incorporating culturally specific practices. The USDA Forest Service awarded $219,853 on November 21, 2024, under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants program (CFDA 10.720) for wildfire risk assessment, fuel reduction, and defensible-space development running through November 20, 2029. Environmental work includes EPA Region 6 grants for tribal continuing environmental program support (water quality monitoring, solid waste management, Superfund site review), and the tribe holds historic preservation office grants under the National Historic Preservation Act from the National Park Service.

The vendor's customer base is concentrated among federal agencies serving Native American populations and providing social services: the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education combined (64 awards by count, though split across multiple sub-offices), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (43 awards), Administration on Aging, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Oklahoma Region (29 awards, $286,000 potential value). Activity has been flat to declining in contract awards (18 in 2022, declining to 6 in 2026 year-to-date), consistent with the nature of emergency fire suppression call work, while grant awards have sustained consistent annual volume. Seventeen awards totaling $6,000 in potential value face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, though the grant recompete cycle is driven by annual and multi-year federal appropriations rather than competitive contests. The tribe's PSC coding reflects its operational mix: 58 awards fall under Social Direct Aid to Tribal Governments (PL 93-638), 20 under Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression, and 15 under Medical/Other services.