County Of Beaverhead

County Of Beaverhead, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Dillon, Montana, operates as a federal grant recipient (85% of recent awards) and occasional contractor, delivering natural-resources management, law enforcement, and airport infrastructure services to federal agencies across the Interior, Agriculture, and Transportation departments. The county competes without set-asides and acts as a direct recipient rather than a prime contractor in most transactions.

The county's federal footprint centers on environmental stewardship and public-facility management. Recent representative work includes a $296,000 cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Land Management under the Good Neighbor Authority program (CFDA 15.015) awarded September 12, 2025, for invasive and noxious weed management and control across Beaverhead County; a ten-year cooperative agreement with the Forest Service (Region 1 — Northern Region) awarded August 13, 2026, for noxious weed detection, treatment, and field monitoring on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest with targeted herbicide application along access routes, rangeland units, and post-wildfire perimeters; and a $46,750 purchase order from the Bureau of Reclamation awarded June 5, 2025, for law enforcement and surveillance patrol services at Clark Canyon Reservoir and Barretts Park, leveraging the Beaverhead County Sheriff's Department's unique full arrest authority under NAICS 561612 (Security Guard and Patrol Services).

Customer concentration reflects the county's rural Montana footprint and regional resource-management priorities. The top five funding agencies by award count—the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Northwest Mountain Region (8 awards), the Bureau of Land Management (4 awards), the Forest Service (6 awards across two organizational units), and the National Resources Conservation Service (3 awards)—account for 54% of recent awards. The potential-value ranking diverges: the Bureau of Reclamation leads at $47,000 across one award, followed by the Forest Service units at $16,000 combined, while the FAA's eight awards carry lower individual dollar values. The county's grant portfolio also includes Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grants (CFDA 20.106) for runway and taxiway reconstruction, pavement sealing, and navigational aid installation at Dillon Airport; American Rescue Plan Act economic relief funding for airport operations and pandemic response; and a HUD-administered community project funding award for economic development (awarded August 13, 2024, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2032).

Obligated dollars ($19.3 million) vastly exceed combined potential value ($66,000), reflecting multi-year phased federal funding structures typical of infrastructure and environmental programs. The county holds three awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months. As a sub-recipient, the county has received emergency management and victim-witness assistance sub-grants from the Montana Board of Crime Control and FEMA-related awards. The county's capability portfolio is locally anchored—resource management, law enforcement, and airport operations—with no presence in federal contracting vehicles, GWACs, or IDIQs, positioning it as a regional recipient of targeted federal grants rather than a competitive federal contractor.