Ben Archer Health Center, Inc.

Ben Archer Health Center, Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) based in Hatch, New Mexico, operates as a prime recipient and contractor delivering primary care, behavioral health, dental care, and telehealth services to underserved and medically vulnerable populations across rural southern New Mexico and to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs contracts. The organization operates a network of twelve community health centers located in Dona Ana, Luna, Otero, and Sierra Counties, serving Spanish-speaking migrant agricultural workers, low-income families, and residents of designated Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas and Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas along the U.S.-Mexico border region. Ben Archer competes full-and-open (no set-aside designations) and does not operate as a subcontractor.

Ben Archer's federal footprint is heavily concentrated with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 22, which accounts for 32 awards and $31.3 million of the combined potential value across the vendor's recent portfolio. The organization holds a single-award indefinite delivery contract with VISN 22 valued at $9.7 million through September 30, 2027, to provide primary care and telehealth services at the Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Five delivery orders issued under this IDIQ since 2022 range from $610,190 to $874,012.80 annually, with the most recent $700,876.80 delivery order exercising an option renewal through September 30, 2027. Beyond VISN 22, Ben Archer maintains active relationships with the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (12 awards), the Department of Veterans Affairs broadly (9 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (7 awards). The top five funding entities account for 85 percent of Ben Archer's award count and 56 percent of combined potential value across the entire award portfolio.

Ben Archer's federal grant portfolio is anchored by HHS Bureau of Primary Health Care project grants for behavioral health service expansion, early childhood development, bridge access programming, school-based service sites, and COVID-19 vaccination initiatives, alongside USDA Rural Utilities Service construction and facility-improvement grants. The FY 2024 Behavioral Health Service Expansion grant targets mental health and substance use disorder treatment capacity—including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD)—across five health center sites and high schools in Dona Ana County, with expected reach to 1,550 unique patients. The Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) has funded facility construction and renovation, with three separate grants totaling $999,900 awarded by Rural Utilities Service in March 2022. A $660,500 Rural Utilities Service grant under the same program supported construction and renovation through March 2024. A September 2024 Rural Utilities Service telemedicine grant runs through September 2026. SCI-reported invoiced revenue from federal service contracts totaled $874 thousand in FY2025 supporting roughly 6.7 FTEs; SCI coverage captures service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and represents a portion of Ben Archer's total federal revenue stream and a smaller subset of enterprise revenue.

Award activity has declined from eight awards in 2022 to single awards in 2025 and 2026, though the most recent VISN 22 delivery order issued October 1, 2026, reflects continuation of the core VA contract vehicle. Only one award (the VISN 22 CBOC delivery order valued at $701 thousand) reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Ben Archer's category concentration reflects its clinical mission: 29 awards fall under All Other Outpatient Care Centers (NAICS), 20 under Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), and 45 under the Medical-Managed Healthcare PSC, with smaller volumes in Medical-Other and Pharmacy Services work. Place of performance spans Truth or Consequences, Albuquerque, and multiple community health center sites across rural New Mexico counties; one October 2022 delivery order cited Long Beach, California as place of performance, likely an administrative reference.