Workforce Solutions
For Every Business
Chenhall’s is a long-standing, long-serving member of the workforce solutions community.
We specialize in Native American and other government contracting to fill specific needs of our clients.
Native Owned – TERO Approved – ISBEE Certified
As a Native American owned company, Chenhall’s:
– Partners with outstanding companies to provide quality medical and emergency management services to Native American communities.
– Contracts with government agencies to provide workforce support and specialized services for both Native American and non-Native American agencies.
– Partners with employers to provide full HR services with temporary and permanent employment staffing services.
Who We Are
Founded in 1950, Chenhall’s has a long history as a premier government contractor and staffing service throughout the United States.
The foundation for our success has always been our commitment to our clients and the people we place.
Providing top-tier government contracting mission support, Chenhall’s is there with great people, innovative HR service, and strategic human capital solutions for a wide variety of government clients.
Our core philosophy is to value technical excellence in HR operations and combine it with superior knowledge of workforce policies and infrastructures, all delivered with an unwavering commitment to both client and employee satisfaction.
Chenhall’s provides cost-effective staffing solutions for native, federal, state, and local government. In business for over 75 years, Chenhall’s works in tandem with clients to excel at innovative staffing solutions.
Bob Hickman
President and Owner
Distinctly Native American
As a proud member of the Cherokee tribe, Bob Hickman has extensive knowledge of not just the Cherokee, but the many other Native American populations in Oklahoma and beyond.
Tracing back from his roots from both Eastern and Western Oklahoma, to his years at Oklahoma State University, Chenhall’s commitment to Native Americans is deep.
Chenhall’s is one of the few Cherokee TERO (Tribal Employment Rights Office) certified businesses outside the state of Oklahoma and holds an ISBEE (Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise) certification.
Our BIA Contracting
Chenhall’s has a substantial track record with BIA.
Our successful contracting efforts include:
- Awarded inclusion in three BIA IDIQ’s:
- PALS (Professional Administrative Support)
- BSS – Business Support Services
- PMIECS – Program Management and Industrial Engineering Consulting Services
Under each of the three IDIQ’s we have historically been the top awardee (overwhelmingly in PALS and BSS)
Our individual contracts and task orders include, among others:
- CISM (Critical Incident Support and Management) for forest fire incidents – based in Idaho.
- Social Services originally under PALS – for placing Social Workers on three reservations in eastern Montana to perform traditional child welfare and child safety functions.
- Social Services under BSS IDIQ assist with IIM (Individual Indian Money accounts) and ensure fiscal oversight and responsibility – based in Portland, OR
- TCRP (Tribal Climate Resilience Project) – a high profile project performed remotely by various workers around the country to ensure that coastal tribes survive natural disasters and other climate-related issues. Efforts included site visits to assess the current state of tribal lands and structures and develop recommendations for improving same.
- Tiwahe – requested by BIA central office in DC, addressed the need to maintain the visibility and viability of various tribes, especially concerning the social services aspect of daily life.
- BSI (Boarding School Initiative) – contract to further investigate and resolve missing and unreported (and under-reported) child placements in residential BIA facilities over the last century.
- AIRRS – performed in the “caves” of metro Kansas City. Analysis, collation, and digitization of decades of holographic documents from multiple tribes around the Midwest and further.
GSA Contracting
Chenhall’s also offers services as a GSA (General Services Administration) approved contractor for Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) program contracts.
GSA contracting is a powerful tool for federal contracting and government procurement of services.
Our unique and extensive background in workforce solutions led us to qualify and be approved in the Professional Services/Business Administrative Services group of GSA.
Our GSA Contract Number is 47QRAA25D001T.
You can find us on GSA at: Chenhall’s GSA