County Of Grant

County of Grant, doing business as County Manager, is a U.S. local government entity based in Silver City, New Mexico, that acts as a federal grant recipient (71% of recent awards) and subrecipient on emergency management and infrastructure programs, with no federal contract prime awards and minimal contract work consisting of land rental services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The entity does not hold SBA certifications and competes full-and-open across federal grant programs.

County of Grant's federal footprint concentrates heavily in airport infrastructure and emergency management grant work. The top three customer agencies by award count are the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southwestern Region (15 awards), the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (11 awards), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (6 awards), collectively accounting for 58% of recent awards. The FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) represents the dominant activity stream, with recent grants funding runway and taxiway lighting reconstruction at Silver City airport, parking lot rehabilitation (Phase 1 design at $106,271.58 and Phase 2 construction at $713,018.95), and aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment acquisition. The County also holds a $5.42 million Cooperative Agreement with the Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923), obligated February 17, 2026, for flood protection and recovery in the Mimbres Valley, including runoff retardation, erosion prevention, debris removal, and streambank stabilization following the Trout Fire. A second NRCS Cooperative Agreement awarded July 27, 2023, funded sediment and debris removal and stream stabilization from the Gila and Mimbres flood event, extending through February 18, 2027. The County also received a $400,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766), obligated April 16, 2026, for community facility development in Silver City. Contract activity is minimal: two land rental purchase orders totaling $82,650 to the Forest Service and one $30,000 land rental purchase order to the Southwestern Region, all carrying July 2025 completion dates.

County of Grant serves as a subrecipient on federal grant awards passed through the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, and the Energy Minerals & Natural Resources Department, covering public safety equipment procurement (20 Tasers, generator installations for fire stations and senior centers, public warning systems), emergency management planning (hazard mitigation and community wildfire protection plan updates), Operation Stonegarden border security activities, and rural transit bus acquisition. These sub-awards span FEMA, DHS, and DOT grant streams focused on emergency preparedness and public safety infrastructure.

The entity has executed 65 total awards since 2005, with activity trending upward from three awards in 2022 to ten in 2024, followed by nine awards in 2025. Only three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure in the near term. Combined potential value across all awards totals $85,000, though obligated dollars across the portfolio reach $39 million, reflecting the large gap between line-item grant ceilings and actual project scope. County of Grant operates as a direct federal grant recipient and local pass-through entity for state-administered federal grant programs, with no federal contracts or commercial subcontracting relationships to other prime contractors.