City Of Fargo

City Of Fargo, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, receives federal grants as a prime recipient across transit operations, affordable housing, veteran services, and community development programs. The city does not compete for federal contracts as a vendor — it is a municipal grant recipient operating through its City Auditor office and transit authority, with a small footprint of federal contract work limited to a single Veterans Affairs IDIQ for homeless veteran triage services. City Of Fargo operates across 28 distinct federal customer agencies, with $4.9 million in combined potential value across 213 prime and sub-awards, though obligated dollars total $234.8 million, reflecting the city's role as a pass-through entity managing federal formula grants for local infrastructure and social services.

The city's federal footprint splits between direct grant recipiency (62% of awards as prime recipient) and sub-recipient activities flowing through North Dakota state agencies (38% of awards). City Of Fargo's concrete capability portfolio centers on transit operations and capital procurement, affordable housing administration, veteran outreach and intake, community development, utilities and stormwater management, and public health program delivery. On the prime grant side, recent awards include $8.14 million from the Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.507) for fixed-route and paratransit operating assistance and preventive maintenance through September 2026; $3.227 million from FTA for paratransit vehicle and shop equipment procurement through October 2027; $2.24 million from FTA for procurement of four replacement transit buses through June 2027; $457,303.60 from HUD's Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239) for affordable housing activities through September 2034; and $1.5 million from the Federal Highway Administration's RAISE program for the North Dakota/Minnesota Community Bridge Connectivity Project through January 2028. City Of Fargo also holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 (ceiling $100,000, running through February 2028) for homeless veteran triage services in North River, North Dakota, from which the VA has issued four delivery orders between February 2023 and February 2026, each valued around $18,000.

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 anchors the city's contract revenue at $4.3 million combined potential value across 28 awards — nearly all of the city's hard-dollar contract ceiling. Grant awards dominate the award count: the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration leads with 38 awards (primarily formula grants for bus operations and capital procurement), followed by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development with 34 awards (Community Development Block Grants and HOME Investment Partnerships Program). The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 accounts for 14 awards and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 8 for 8 awards, mostly sub-recipient pass-throughs or local government facilities work. The top five customer agencies by count cover 57% of recent awards; by potential value, the VA IDIQ and GSA facilities awards drive concentration, with FTA grant awards spread across many smaller transactions.

City Of Fargo's sub-recipient activity flows principally through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services (Ryan White Part B Program, Family Planning Services CFDA 93.217, Public Health Emergency Preparedness CFDA 93.069, WIC CFDA 10.557, Immunization Cooperative Agreements CFDA 93.268, HIV Care Formula Grants CFDA 93.917, HIV Prevention CFDA 93.940, and Cancer Prevention CFDA 93.898) and the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (stormwater pond construction, wastewater treatment facility expansion, lead service line replacement, and landfill Cell 21 waste excavation). Sub-awards also flow through the North Dakota Department of Human Services (Rural Health Transformation Program CFDA 93.798) and the State of North Dakota (debris removal). These sub-awards reflect the city's role as a local implementing jurisdiction within North Dakota's pass-through grant structure for public health, water and environmental quality, and emergency management programs.

City Of Fargo's federal contract vehicle footprint is minimal — the single VA IDIQ (VA263P1173) carries nine task orders totaling $1.7 million combined potential value across homeless veteran triage delivery orders. Two additional IDIQs (36C26323D0061 and GS08P98VJM0030) carry subordinate task orders valued under $75,000 combined. Within the next twenty-four months, eight awards with combined potential value of $99,000 reach ultimate completion and face recompete or renewal. Activity has declined from 30 awards in 2024 to 16 in 2025 and 9 year-to-date in 2026, reflecting a slowdown in grant disbursement rather than a loss of federal relationships.