County Of Archuleta

County of Archuleta, a U.S. local government entity and Colorado county government based in Pagosa Springs, operates as a federal grant recipient (76% of its 119 awards in the source carry sub-grant or sub-contract status) and as a direct prime recipient of federal grants and small-dollar purchase orders. The county holds no federal contract vehicles and does not serve as a federal contractor prime; its federal footprint is almost entirely grant-funded, with a narrow stream of small land-rental and facility-use purchase orders to the USDA Forest Service.

The county's prime federal work centers on airport infrastructure at Pagosa Springs Municipal Airport and emergency watershed protection. Recent major prime grants include a $6.98 million Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) award on August 3, 2026, to rehabilitate 8,400 feet of Runway 1/19 and associated lighting (Phase 1 design and site preparation, completion August 2, 2030); a $720,521 Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923) cooperative agreement on April 8, 2026, for streambank protection and debris removal addressing infrastructure protection from flooding; and a $538,151 FAA Airport Improvement Program award on August 17, 2025, to reconstruct a 19,000-square-foot nonrevenue parking lot at Pagosa Springs Municipal Airport (completion August 16, 2029). Prime contract awards are minimal and transactional — three USDA Forest Service purchase orders (July 2026, June 2023, May 2022) totaling roughly $42,368 for land rental and facility use in support of Forest Service programs, with no set-aside designation.

The county's sub-recipient footprint is substantial and multifaceted. It acts as a sub-recipient on federal grants flowing through Colorado state agencies, primarily the State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (county administration and Medicaid-related sub-awards), the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (public health emergency preparedness, hospital preparedness, Women, Infants, and Children program administration, cancer prevention and control, and maternal child health block grants), and the Colorado Department of Human Services (public assistance program administration). The county also receives sub-awards under the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (23 awards, largest count among customer agencies by the source's coverage metrics), the Administration for Children and Families, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Federal Emergency Management Agency pass-through grants for emergency management program grants (CFDA 97.082) appear in the sub-award stream. The Colorado Department of Public Safety awarded a sub-grant in October 2023 to establish a less-lethal program in the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office, including taser equipment, certification, and use-of-force policy implementation.

Activity has grown from three awards in 2022 to a peak of twenty-six in 2024, with sixteen awards recorded in 2026 (through August). Combined potential value across all 119 awards is negligible at $72 thousand; however, combined obligated dollars stand at $28.9 million — a signal that the award-potential values in the source data are understated or that many sub-awards carry no ceiling value in the administrative record. The county's top customer by award count is the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (23 awards), followed by the Administration for Children and Families (10 awards), and the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (8 awards). The top potential-value customer by the source's ranking is the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region ($67 thousand from five awards), but this metric is distorted by the overwhelming majority of sub-awards carrying no stated potential value. The county holds no parent contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs and does not bid on federal contracts — its federal posture is entirely grant-driven, channeled through state intermediaries or awarded directly by federal agencies for airport and watershed infrastructure.