About Sentinel
To assist disadvantaged Native Alaskans, Congress abandoned the reservation system used elsewhere in the United States and enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). This 1971 Act established a system of corporate ownership of assets that provides for the long term financial independence of Native Alaskans. The corporations that ANCSA authorized are called Alaskan Native Corporations. Sentinel is a subsidiary of MTNT, Ltd., an ANC established in 1976 as a consolidation of four village corporations, McGrath, Takotna, Nikolai and Telida. The shareholders are descendents of the Athabascan people.

MTNT’s headquarters are in McGrath, Alaska, just west of Denali, the Athabascan name for Mt. McKinley. MTNT, through its subsidiaries such as Sentinel, seeks to improve its Alaskan Native shareholders’ standard of living by providing employment, dividend income, land for homesteading, scholarships for college and other vocational schools, and other learning programs for its shareholders, many of whom live in rural communities.

The Act gives ANC firms special status with regard to the SBA 8(a) program. ANC firms may have subsidiary companies eligible for the SBA’s 8(a) program. ANC 8(a) firms, such as Sentinel, may receive sole source contracts of unlimited dollar amounts. This benefit reflects the reality that MTNT and Sentinel, its subsidiary, work on behalf of many disadvantaged individuals, not just one owner, as is the case with other disadvantaged firms.

Sentinel specializes in providing its Federal Government clients with professional state-of-the-art construction and management services encompassing repair, alteration, renovation, design and construction of government facilities. Our services include design, quality control, budgeting, scheduling, selecting subcontractors and, most importantly, monitoring every detail of the project. Our safety record is exemplary. We cover all the bases, so you don’t have to. Our committed employees have the expertise to deliver the job on time, on budget and with a minimum of headaches. Our network of nationwide subcontractors is supplemented by frequent Job Fairs to involve local small business and minority subcontractors. Sentinel’s past performance on its multiple delivery order (JOC, IDIQ) contracts has earned it the highest past performance ratings. Sentinel is a proud member of the Center for Job Order Contracting Excellence.

Sentinel also has the maximum practicable flexibility to negotiate contracts that are set aside by the Federal Government for companies owned by socially and economically disadvantaged minorities. Due to the flexible negotiation process Sentinel can react quickly to satisfy customer needs whether working to align a project’s scope with budgetary constraints or providing an expedited contractual process.

Sentinel prides itself on its high level of customer service, delivering projects on time and on budget. Every Sentinel employee and team member embraces the philosophy that quality performance and safety begin on Day One and continue through the Contract and the warranty period.