City Of Bluffton

City Of Bluffton, doing business as Bluffton Police Dept, is a U.S. local government entity based in Bluffton, Indiana that receives federal grants as a sub-recipient rather than as a prime contractor. The vendor operates exclusively in the grant space — no federal contracts — with activity split between prime grant awards (63% of recent awards) and sub-recipient roles (37%).

Bluffton's federal footprint is sparse and episodic. The vendor has received eight awards totaling $1.1 million obligated across multiple federal agencies since 2009, with a concentration in disaster relief and infrastructure work. The Federal Emergency Management Agency anchors three awards; the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service and the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration each provided two awards. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 rounded out the portfolio with one award. Recent sub-recipient activity (all three awards in 2025) shows Bluffton receiving infrastructure funding through the Indiana Department of Transportation for preliminary engineering work on two separate awards in July and September 2025, and through the Indiana Finance Authority for lead service line replacement awarded in October 2025. No parent vehicles, no standing IDIQs, and no contract awards appear in the source.

Activity is minimal and irregular — one award in 2009, two in 2010, then a five-year gap, followed by sporadic single awards in 2016 and 2018, and a recent cluster of three awards in 2025. The vendor does not operate as a federal contractor and holds no seats on GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide contract vehicles. This profile reflects a small municipality's occasional participation in federal grant programs rather than a contractor pursuing federal business development.