City Of Bismarck

The City of Bismarck, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, receives federal funding primarily as a grant recipient for airport infrastructure, public transit operations, and community development, with limited contract work centered on facility leasing and utilities. The city operates as a prime recipient on 254 awards (81% of recent activity) and as a sub-recipient on 58 federal grant awards (19%), competing in full-and-open procurements without SBA set-asides. The city's corporate structure includes the Bismarck Parks & Recreation District as a subsidiary.

The city's federal footprint concentrates heavily on transportation and infrastructure grants. The Federal Transit Administration leads by award volume with 35 recent awards funding public transit operations, vehicle procurement, and facility maintenance through formula grants under CFDA 20.507 (Urbanized Area Formula Funding) and CFDA 20.526 (Buses and Bus Facilities); recent examples include a $3.15 million FTA formula grant (August 2025) for fixed-route and paratransit operating assistance, security enhancements, and preventive maintenance, and a $1.43 million formula grant (August 2025) for transit fleet procurement including one fixed-route bus, four paratransit cutaway buses, and facility equipment. The Federal Aviation Administration's Great Lakes Region ranks third by award count with 22 recent grants totaling $29.5 million for Bismarck Municipal Airport infrastructure, including a $10.9 million project grant (September 2024) for taxiway reconstruction and resealing, a $9.13 million project grant (September 2025) for runway and taxiway lighting reconstruction and safety area construction, and a $2.65 million grant (June 2025) for general aviation apron reconstruction. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has issued 17 Community Development Block Grant awards under CFDA 14.218 to support housing, economic development, and community improvement priorities. The city also receives smaller contract awards for facility leasing and utilities; the Bureau of Reclamation issued a purchase order (January 2026) valued at $43,560 for covered parking garage services at its Missouri Basin Regional Office through 2031, and another purchase order (May 2024) for $11,700 in water utility services at a city-owned warehouse.

Customer concentration is dispersed but GSA Public Buildings Service dominates by dollar value. GSA PBS accounts for 46 awards across two organizational units, anchoring $3.1 million in combined potential value through Basic Ordering Agreements 54774502, 91608576, and a primary vehicle (GS08B13851) carrying 99 task orders valued at $3.3 million. The Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration, while placing the most awards by count (35), ranks third in potential value. The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration accounts for 7 awards ($3 million combined potential value), primarily facility-related. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation has issued 6 awards ($153 thousand combined potential value) for parking and water utilities. Award concentration by value is notably uneven — the top five customers by potential value represent 76% of the city's combined $8.4 million potential across all awards, reflecting a heavily tail-weighted distribution toward GSA and DHS facility contracts.

The city's prime award portfolio is concentrated in real estate and utilities infrastructure. The top NAICS category is 531120 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings except Miniwarehouses) with 100 awards, followed by Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (531110) with 30 awards, reflecting the city's role as a lessor of municipal facilities and a utility provider. The top PSC code is Lease/Rental of Office Buildings (52) with 52 awards, and Housekeeping–Waste Treatment/Storage (25) with 20 awards. Recent activity shows modest decline — 16 awards in 2022–2023, 21 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 13 through August 2026 — with only 5 awards scheduled to complete within the next twenty-four months, signaling low recompete exposure in the immediate pipeline. The city's sub-recipient footprint centers on health, transit, and infrastructure programs funneled through North Dakota state agencies, including the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (immunization, HIV care, cancer prevention programs under CFDA 93.268, 93.917, 93.898), the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (water system improvements, lead service line replacement), and the North Dakota Department of Transportation (transit mobility management, fixed-route bus procurement supplementation).