County Of Benton Commissioner's Office

County of Benton Commissioner's Office, operating as the Benton County Sheriff's Office, a U.S. local government entity based in Prosser, Washington, is a law enforcement and public safety organization that serves the federal government primarily as a grant recipient and, more recently, as a prime contractor for specialized federal facility security services. The entity operates across three distinct federal roles: prime recipient on federal grants for behavioral health, homelessness services, cybersecurity, and law enforcement technology; prime contractor on a Department of Energy traffic law enforcement services contract; and sub-recipient on federal health and cybersecurity grants administered through state pass-through entities.

The Sheriff's Office's federal footprint is dominated by two distinct capability streams. The first, and historically dominant, centers on grant-funded community and behavioral health initiatives. The entity has received recurring Continuum of Care grants from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (15 awards in the top-customer set), alongside congressionally directed spending for construction projects awarded through the Department of Health and Human Services Healthcare Systems Bureau, including a $2 million community project funding grant (awarded August 2022, completed May 2023) for the Three Rivers Behavioral Health Recovery Center in Kennewick — a 24/7 behavioral health crisis facility serving persons in mental health crisis or substance use disorder treatment without incarceration. The entity has also held a COPS Office Technology and Equipment Program grant (awarded December 2022, completed December 2024) for law enforcement equipment and interoperable communications. The second stream, newer and higher-value, reflects the entity's law enforcement capacity at the Hanford Site: the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management awarded a $4.38 million firm fixed-price definitive contract on June 1, 2024, for traffic law enforcement services at the Hanford Site in Richland, Washington, running through May 31, 2029. This contract represents 85% of the entity's combined potential value ($20.6 million in DOE awards across four prime contracts and $3.4 million in National Nuclear Security Administration awards). The second option period, exercised June 2024, added $874 thousand in funding; the contract ceiling is $4.38 million.

Top customer agencies by award count (61% of recent awards) are HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (15 awards), the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Walla Walla (7 awards, $163 thousand potential value), and the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (4 awards, $20.6 million potential value). The two rankings diverge sharply: by potential value, DOE dominates at $20.6 million, while by count, HUD leads on smaller grant awards. The entity also holds sub-recipient relationships with the Health Care Authority on medication-assisted treatment and prevention services grants (awarded March 2026 and August 2025), and receives pass-through cybersecurity grant funding under the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (sub awards dated May 2025, January 2025, and June 2024).

Activity is episodic: one award in 2023, then three awards in each of 2024 and 2025, with only one award reaching completion in the next twenty-four months, suggesting low recompete exposure. Combined potential value stands at $24.2 million, though combined dollars obligated across all awards total $37.1 million (153% of potential value), indicating that some prior-year grants carried obligated funding in excess of stated ceilings. SCI-reportable invoiced revenue on prime service contracts was $727 thousand in FY2023 (2.5 contract-level FTEs) with no SCI records in FY2022 or FY2024; government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable contracts ran at $138.84/hr. The entity does not subcontract on SCI-reportable prime contracts.

The Sheriff's Office operates as a prime grant recipient or contract prime on 73% of awards and as a sub-recipient on 27%. Its NAICS concentration is heavily weighted to police protection (11 awards) and security guards and patrol services (2 awards), with PSC coding to Housekeeping-Guard services. Benton County Fire District and County of Benton are named subsidiaries within the entity's corporate structure.