County Of Bonner

County of Bonner, doing business as Bonner County Recorder, is a U.S. local government entity based in Sandpoint, Idaho that acts as a prime recipient of federal grants and a prime contractor for law enforcement and security services, with a smaller subcontract footprint supporting wildfire mitigation, victim services, and border security work through state pass-through grantees. The entity operates outside the SBA set-aside system as a government body and does not hold seats on federal contract vehicles or IDIQs.

County of Bonner's recent activity centers on two distinct capability areas: airport infrastructure development and law enforcement and security services. On the airport side, the Federal Aviation Administration's Northwest Mountain Region has awarded the county nine grants totaling approximately $800 thousand since 2021 under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) to support Priest River and Sandpoint airport projects, including master plan updates, obstruction removal, runway reconstruction, apron and taxilane construction, and runway approach land and easement acquisition. These grants carry four-year performance windows extending through 2029. On the law enforcement side, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District awarded the county a $317,500 base purchase order in March 2026 for daily patrols and security services at the Albeni Falls Dam project area in Oldtown, Idaho, with four option years and final completion set for August 31, 2031. The contract carries a firm fixed price structure and no set-aside designation.

Customer concentration is fragmented across sixteen federal agencies, with the top five accounting for 72% of award volume by count. The Federal Aviation Administration's Northwest Mountain Region leads by award count (24 awards), while the Department of Energy Bonneville Power Administration anchors the potential-value ranking with three awards worth $734 thousand combined. The Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region round out the high-value tier. The spread reflects the county's dual-mission profile: civil infrastructure grants cluster with FAA; wildfire hazard mitigation work flows through USDA Forest Service sub-awards via the Idaho Department of Lands; victim services and border security pass through state criminal-justice and homeland-security grantees; and law enforcement services contract directly with Corps of Engineers. Award volume peaked in 2024 at fifteen awards but dropped to three in 2025 and three through March 2026, reflecting the cyclical nature of grant-based activity.

The subcontract footprint (28 of 88 awards) routes most federal exposure through state intermediaries rather than direct federal primes. Bonner County performs hazard fuel treatment work on non-federal lands in Bonner County under sub-awards from the Idaho Department of Lands, supporting landscape-level wildfire mitigation coordinated with U.S. Forest Service federal projects (Buckskin Saddle, Chloride Gold, Scattered Lands, and Careywood North). The county also subcontracts victim witness coordinator and crime victim services work through the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and Idaho State Police, and receives sub-awards for border security operations and National Guard support through the State of Idaho Military Division. One near-term recompete signal: one award worth $295 thousand reaches completion inside the next twenty-four months.