Idaho Commission For Blind

Idaho Commission For Blind Idaho Commission F / T Blind & Visually Impaired Division, a state government entity and division of the State of Idaho, operates as a federal prime contractor (100% of recent awards) and grant recipient, delivering military dining facility operations and vocational rehabilitation services to federal agencies under full-and-open competition with no set-asides. The organization is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, and operates as a child entity under the parent State of Idaho.

The division's federal contracting footprint centers on military food service operations. Recent contracts include a $5.61 million firm fixed-price delivery order from Air Combat Command (awarded August 2025, running through December 2029) to operate mess attendant services at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho; a $680 thousand definitive contract from the Idaho National Guard (May 2023) for dining facility modification and operation at the Regional Training Institute; and a $522.69 thousand definitive contract from the Idaho National Guard (May 2024) for full food service at the 204th Regional Training Institute Dining Facility. Purchase orders for catered meals and dining facility support to the Idaho National Guard, Oregon National Guard, and Washington National Guard account for the remainder of the contract portfolio, ranging from $2 thousand to $150 thousand per award. All federal contracts are firm fixed-price, non-set-aside awards issued as purchase orders or definitive contracts.

Customer concentration splits sharply between contract volume and grant dollars. By award count, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) dominates at 53 awards, but by potential dollar value, the Idaho Army National Guard anchors the portfolio at $8.2 million across 21 awards (57% of combined potential value). Air Combat Command contributes $5.6 million on a single award. The organization operates under one named indefinite delivery contract (W912J719D0007) with three task orders valued at $578 thousand.

The division administers federal formula grants from OSERS under two programs: Rehabilitation Services – Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to States (CFDA 84.126), which provided $3.796 million in the current award cycle (October 2025 through September 2026) and supported roughly $2.95 million annually in prior years; and Rehabilitation Services – Independent Living Services for Older Individuals Who Are Blind (CFDA 84.177), which provides $225 thousand annually. These grants fund vocational assessments, career counseling, job training, assistive technology support, and independent living services for blind and visually impaired individuals across Idaho, with the commission operating as the designated state agency. Grant awards run on an annual or biennial cycle, renewed each October.

Activity has remained modest but steady — four to seven awards per year over the past five years. Three awards with combined potential value of $643 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity. The organization's federal work concentrates in two NAICS categories: Food Service Contractors (26 awards) and Caterers (2 awards), with primary PSC codes for Operation of Dining Facilities (16 awards) and Housekeeping-Food (12 awards), reflecting the dual portfolio of military food service contracting and federal rehabilitation grant administration.