Centracare Health System

Centracare Health System, a tax-exempt non-profit healthcare organization based in St. Cloud, Minnesota, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and a prime contractor on occupational health services delivery orders, with no set-aside designations across recent awards. The health system operates one of the largest rural healthcare networks in Minnesota, comprising 12 named subsidiaries including hospitals, clinics, and surgical centers across central Minnesota's underserved communities.

Centracare's federal footprint is concentrated and specialized. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 (VISN 23) accounts for 12 awards (96% coverage by count) and the full $512 thousand in combined potential value on the prime contract side. Centracare holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with VISN 23 valued at $188,029.57 through May 14, 2029, awarded May 15, 2024, as sole-source provider for occupational health injury examination services across VISN 23's three-state region (Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota). Three delivery orders have been issued against this IDC: a May 2024 order valued at $35,436.61 (subsequently deobligated), a May 2025 order valued at $35,933.56 firm fixed-price through May 2026, and a May 2026 order valued at $37,371.80 firm fixed-price through May 2027. Work is performed in St. Cloud, Minnesota under NAICS 621111 (offices of physicians except mental health specialists).

Beyond the VA contract vehicle, Centracare holds three prime federal grants totaling approximately $1.2 million in combined project scope. The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a Rural Health Network Development Program grant (award date July 1, 2023, ultimate completion June 30, 2027) for a Perinatal Outreach and Rural Telemedicine (PORT) Project providing maternal-fetal medicine services to three rural primary care clinics in central Minnesota, expanding access for approximately 1,872 annually patients with high-risk pregnancies across Melrose, Paynesville, and Wadena. HHS also funded a telemedicine grant through the Rural Utilities Service (award date September 15, 2021, performance completed September 15, 2023). The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service funded a construction project grant for community project funding (award date September 30, 2023, completion target September 29, 2026). Centracare also acts as sub-recipient on six Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund sub-grants (DR-4531) administered through the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, with sub-award dates ranging from May 2022 through May 2023.

Recent activity has decelerated — from three awards in 2022 and five in 2023 to one award each in 2025 and 2026. Two awards (combined potential value $37 thousand) face completion within the next twenty-four months, primarily driven by the May 2027 expiration of the current VA occupational health delivery order. The IDC with VISN 23 remains active through May 2029, anchoring the vendor's federal footprint. Centracare's capability profile emphasizes occupational health examination services for federal healthcare administration and rural maternal health and telemedicine services for underserved populations in central Minnesota.