Berne City

Berne City, City of Berne, a U.S. local government entity in Berne, Indiana, receives federal grants for rural community infrastructure and water utility improvements as a prime grant recipient (71% of awards) and as a sub-recipient under state intermediaries. Berne operates as a city government, not a federal contractor, and does not compete for federal contracts or seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles.

Berne's federal footprint centers on rural infrastructure grants from the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service has issued three awards to Berne; the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has issued two; and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service and Rural Housing Service Community Facilities have each issued one. These four distinct customer agencies account for all recent federal awards. Representative prime grant work includes a Community Facility Grant from the Rural Utilities Service (awarded August 3, 2023, ultimate completion August 3, 2025) and a Community Facility Grant from the Community Facilities program (awarded March 30, 2023, completed August 2, 2023). In its sub-recipient role, Berne is receiving grant sub-awards from the Indiana Finance Authority (awarded April 14, 2026) to execute lead service line replacements and watermain improvements in its water utility distribution system.

Total federal awards across the portfolio amount to $2.6 million obligated through seven awards spanning 2009 to 2026. Activity is light and episodic — one award in 2009, one in 2015, one in 2018, two in 2023, and two in 2026 — with no clear growth trajectory. No awards appear on federal contract vehicles; all activity consists of federal grants and grant sub-awards. Berne's role is as a local government grantee focused on rural water and community facility infrastructure, not as a vendor or service provider to federal agencies.