Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc., a non-profit electric utility cooperative based in Grants, New Mexico, provides electric utility services, energy management solutions, and broadband infrastructure development to federal agencies serving rural and tribal communities as a prime contractor on 100% of its recent awards. The cooperative holds no SBA set-aside designations and competes full-and-open across all contract vehicles; it has been registered in SAM since 2001 and operates under primary NAICS 221122 (Electric Power Distribution).

Continental Divide's customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Department of the Interior agencies and the Indian Health Service. The top five funding entities account for 55% of awards by count but 96% of combined potential value, driven almost entirely by the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service $50 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC GS00P03BSD0244), awarded August 20, 2023, and valid through August 19, 2033. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs' Navajo Region leads by award count with 35 awards ($3.9 million combined potential value), followed by the Indian Health Service with 21 awards ($4.7 million) and the Bureau of Indian Education with 15 awards ($5.9 million). Task order activity under the GSA IDC centers on electrical utility services for federal facilities in New Mexico: a $986,500 delivery order from the Bureau of Indian Education for electric services at three schools in Grants (May 2, 2025), a $900,000 delivery order from the Indian Health Service for electrical utility services at the Crownpoint Healthcare Facility (December 26, 2023, extending through December 31, 2034), a $300,000 delivery order from IHS for electrical services at a quarters facility in Crownpoint (December 28, 2023, extending through December 31, 2034), and a $134,566 purchase order from IHS to upgrade internet service at Zuni Community Health Center (June 13, 2025, with ceiling through June 30, 2030). Bureau of Reclamation delivery orders include $32,685 for electrical services at the NGWSP Black Hat Tank facility in Gallup (August 13, 2024, completing September 30, 2027) and $34,200 for utilities at Yah-Ta-Hey in Farmington (January 8, 2023, completing December 13, 2028).

The cooperative holds additional parent vehicles through the General Services Administration: IDC GS00P13BSD0959 (45 task orders, $8.5 million combined potential value) and IDC GS00P93BSD0009 (7 task orders, $34 thousand). Recent activity has plateaued — three awards in 2022, five in 2023, four in 2024, and four in 2025 — with only four awards (combined potential value $51 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure.

Beyond contract work, the cooperative is an active federal grant recipient under the Rural Utilities Service broadband programs. Continental Divide received a $21.7 million Project Grant under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752, awarded May 6, 2026, completing May 6, 2028) to fund broadband infrastructure deployment in rural Grants, New Mexico; a pilot broadband grant awarded November 21, 2024 (completing November 21, 2026); a $3.68 million Project Grant for distance learning and telemedicine services (awarded July 13, 2022, completing July 13, 2024); and a RECONNECT 100% grant under the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (awarded August 4, 2023, completing August 4, 2025). The cooperative's work under these grants emphasizes fiber optic and ethernet cabling infrastructure, networking equipment procurement, and retail broadband service delivery to rural residences, businesses, schools, libraries, and healthcare facilities across New Mexico.

Continental Divide competes exclusively as a prime; it has no subcontract footprint in the source. Its customer base and service footprint are geographically concentrated in New Mexico, with all named work locations in rural and tribal communities served by the cooperative's native service territory.