City Of Grand Forks

City of Grand Forks is a U.S. municipal government entity based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, that acts as a federal grant recipient across transportation, public safety, community development, and infrastructure programs, with no prime federal contract footprint. The city operates as a direct recipient on 209 awards (78% of recent activity) and as a sub-recipient on 58 awards (22%), serving 32 distinct federal agencies across $136.8 million in combined obligated dollars against a reported combined potential value of $2.5 million.

The city's grant portfolio concentrates in three capability domains. Federal Transit Administration funding dominates with 37 awards supporting fixed-route transit operations, preventive maintenance, capital equipment (including CAD/AVL dispatch systems, passenger counters, replacement buses and vans), and facility rehabilitation at Cities Area Transit. Representative transit work includes a $3.5 million Federal Transit Formula Grants award (CFDA 20.507) on March 30, 2026, for fixed-route operating assistance and preventive maintenance through March 2027; a $380.5 thousand Buses and Bus Facilities Formula award (CFDA 20.526) on August 17, 2026, for dispatch and vehicle location equipment and an ADA replacement van; and a $704 thousand Section 5307 American Rescue Plan award in July 2022 for operating assistance, bus fare collection servers, and security cameras. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant awards (19 awards) fund housing and community development activities on formula and entitlement grant structures running multi-year performance periods. Department of Justice grants fund law enforcement capacity: a $375 thousand COPS Hiring Program award (CFDA 16.068) on October 1, 2025, to hire community policing officers through September 2030; a $750 thousand Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants award (CFDA 16.710) on October 1, 2022, through September 2027 for officer recruitment; and Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant awards funding ballistic protective equipment and tactical safety resources for the Grand Forks Police Department and County Sheriff's Office. The city also received a $499.2 thousand Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) from FEMA in September 2025 for fire department operations through September 2027, and a $1.1 million Economic Development Administration Project Grant in December 2024 for road improvements supporting regional agricultural processing expansion through March 2029.

Customer concentration is dispersed across federal agencies. The top five funding agencies by award count—Department of the Air Force (72 awards), Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (37 awards), Department of Housing and Urban Development (19 awards), General Services Administration (14 awards), and Department of Justice (9 awards)—account for 57% of all awards but only 5% of combined potential value, indicating that the city's grant portfolio consists predominantly of small-dollar recurring formula and project grants rather than large single awards. The Air Force's award count reflects real property leasing and facility use agreements tied to Grand Forks Air Force Base proximity rather than services procurement. Obligated dollars ($136.8 million) vastly exceed reported potential value, a pattern typical of long-standing municipal grant programs where cumulative historical funding dwarfs forward-looking contract ceilings.

The city holds positions on several parent vehicles anchoring its federal work. Indefinite Delivery Contract F3260580D7055 carries 60 task orders; Basic Ordering Agreement GS08B14269 holds 32 task orders with $76 thousand combined potential value; and Basic Ordering Agreement F3260570D0055 supports 12 task orders. These vehicles are predominantly real property leasing and facility management agreements reflecting the city's core municipal operations rather than professional services procurement.

Activity has remained steady, averaging ten to twenty-one awards per year over the past five years, with twelve awards recorded in 2026 as of September. Five awards face ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months with combined potential value of $42 thousand, representing minimal recompete exposure. The city acts as a sub-recipient on federal grants passed through North Dakota state agencies—principally the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, and North Dakota Department of Transportation—for health, infrastructure, and public safety sub-awards including mobility management, transit vehicle purchases, cancer prevention programs (CFDA 93.898), public health emergency preparedness (CFDA 93.069), and lead service line replacement initiatives.

The city's grant work reflects municipal government operations: transit management, public safety and law enforcement, community development, infrastructure, and emergency response. No federal contract prime awardee activity is present in the award footprint. The vendor operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient and sub-recipient, not as a contractor competing for federal procurements.