Teltara Ndee Tribal Enterprises: Press Release

October 27, 2005 - Gilson Wash District Economic Enterprise awarded $ 9.6 million in Contracts

San Carlos – In January of 2004 the San Carlos Apache Tribe created the Gilson Wash District Economic Enterprise (GWDE). The enterprise was established to provide the Gilson Wash District with a vehicle for capitalizing on economic development ventures that create employment and a return on investment that would be reinvested in the community for education, housing, business development, and community development activities.

A Board of Directors was established consisting of David Beaver, Executive Vice President of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development; Patsy Cohoe of the National American Indian Housing Council; Terry Jones, Consultant; and Dennis Burns of Sunbelt Business Advisors LLC. Each individual board member brings a wealth of expertise to the District Enterprise. Tribal council members Charles Stevens and David Reede are active with the enterprise board and have been involved with the planning, organizing, and implementation of the enterprise’s business ventures.

In October of 2004 the Board initiated preliminary discussion with a firm in Scottsdale, AZ that specializes in winning and performing Federal Government contracts. It was the intent of the Board to strategically position a subsidiary of the Enterprise to engage in for profit government contracting activity and capitalize on the advantages a tribally operated Enterprise is afforded through various government regulations that federal agencies utilize to assist small business.

The GWDE created Teltara Ndee Tribal Enterprises LLC and has opened an administrative office in Scottsdale, AZ. The new company will initially focus on providing services in the custodial/janitorial industry, armed and unarmed security service, and food service sector. The long term goal of the new company will be to provide military base maintenance for any Department of Defense installation both domestic and foreign.

Teltara Ndee Tribal Enterprises LLC was awarded four contracts on October 1, 2005. The contracts are located in California and Pennsylvania. They are broken down as follows:

Edwards Air Force Base Edwards, California Subcontract Annual Value: $1.02 million Scope of Work: Custodial services Number of Employees: 16 Total Contract Value: $5.1 million over 5 years	Naval Support Activity, Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Subcontract Annual Value: $696,000 Scope of Work: Custodial services Number of Employees: 15 Total Contract Value: $696,000
Vandenberg Air Force Base Vandenberg, California Subcontract Annual Value: $810,000 Scope of Work: Custodial services Number of Employees: 27 Total Contract Value: $2.4 million over 5 years	Naval Medical Center, San Diego San Diego, California Subcontract Annual Value: $2.87 million Scope of Work: Custodial services, critical care aseptic cleaning Number of Employees: 76 Total Contract Value: $1.43 million

According to David Beaver, Chairman of the GWDE Board, “The long term vision of the Gilson Wash District Economic Enterprise is to create a steady stream of revenue that can be utilized by the Tribal community to develop an economy that provides opportunity for all community members”. “We are just getting started and what we are doing is not new to Indian Country, many tribes have seen success with this business model and we would like to be a part of that success while providing for our own community”, Beaver explains.

To learn more about the GWDE subsidiary, Teltara Ndee Tribal Enterprises LLC, please visit the company website at www.apacheteltara.com.