County Of Gunnison

County Of Gunnison is a Colorado local government entity that acts as a prime recipient and sub-recipient on federal grants and as a prime contractor on small-value purchase orders, with a portfolio concentrated in real property leasing, airport infrastructure development, and public health and safety programs.

The county competes full-and-open across all federal award categories with no set-asides. County Of Gunnison's primary business lines reflect its municipal role: leasing nonresidential buildings to federal agencies (83 of 149 prime awards), landscaping and weed management services (10 awards), and airport infrastructure improvements funded through FAA grants. The county is headquartered in Gunnison, Colorado (200 E Virginia Ave, Gunnison, CO 81230).

Prime contract work centers on low-dollar purchase orders from the National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service for land and facility management. The NPS Intermountain Region has awarded multiple $5,875 firm-fixed-price purchase orders for weed management at Curecanti National Recreation Area (awards dated July 2023, July 2024, and May 2026, each with completion by November 30). The Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region awarded a $1,700 purchase order for unspecified services supporting Forest Service operations in Delta, Colorado (July 2023) and a $10,574 purchase order for land and facility use services at the same location (July 2023). These contracts are not set-aside designated and represent the county's contract prime footprint.

Prime grant work dominates the portfolio. The FAA awarded $823,063 (CFDA 20.117, Airport Infrastructure Grants program) on May 13, 2026, to update the Gunnison airport master plan through May 12, 2030. The same award date brought a $2.019 million FAA Airport Infrastructure Grant (CFDA 20.117) for reconstruction of 33,000 square yards of deteriorated general aviation apron pavement and a $4.105 million Airport Improvement Program award (CFDA 20.116) for the same apron reconstruction project, both completing May 12, 2030. Earlier phases of apron reconstruction were funded by prior FAA grants awarded September 2023, May 2024, and September 2024. The FAA also awarded $1.137 million (CFDA 20.106, awarded July 2022) to rehabilitate the terminal building to meet ADA accessibility standards and upgrade HVAC and electrical systems, completing July 24, 2026. A $600,000 DOT grant (CFDA 20.930, Payments for Small Community Air Service Development program) awarded September 2021 supports air service enhancement through January 8, 2027.

The county received health and human services grants including $210,813 from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.766, Community Facilities program) for rural health care facility support awarded February 2, 2023, and completing February 2, 2025. A Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Communities Opioid Response grant (RCORP) awarded October 1, 2022, funds substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery programming across a consortium including Gunnison County Health and Human Services, Gunnison Valley Hospital, and Western Colorado University, running through September 30, 2026. The county received HRSA Rural Communities Opioid Response Implementation funding awarded September 1, 2021 (completing August 31, 2024), and a Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets and Roads for All Implementation Grant awarded September 15, 2025, completing September 15, 2030.

The county holds a cooperative agreement with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for Gunnison County EMS Enhanced Access to Broadband (awarded September 28, 2023, completing September 27, 2025). Environmental stewardship grants include a Fish and Wildlife Service cooperative agreement (CFDA region 6) awarded September 23, 2022, for Gunnison Basin cheatgrass and wet meadow implementation (completing September 22, 2027) and a second Fish and Wildlife Service project grant awarded August 1, 2022, for the same initiative (completing July 31, 2027).

Customer concentration is dispersed across federal agencies reflecting the county's municipal role. The General Services Administration leads by potential dollar value ($1.3 million across 13 task orders for leasing of nonresidential buildings under Basic Ordering Agreement GS08B14167), followed by the NPS Intermountain Region ($60 thousand across 11 awards for land management), and multiple sub-grant recipients filtered through the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Department of Human Services, and the Colorado Department of Transportation. The county serves 39 distinct federal agencies. The top five customer agencies by award count account for 29% of all awards; the top five by potential value account for 50%.

The county places task orders under three GSA Basic Ordering Agreements: GS08B14167 (31 task orders, $2.2 million combined potential value), GS08B14020 (29 task orders, $31 thousand), and GS08B13867 (20 task orders, $20 thousand). These BOAs anchor the county's federal property leasing business.

Activity has grown from 8 awards in 2022 to a peak of 44 in 2024, followed by 30 in 2025 and 12 year-to-date through June 2026. Six awards with completion in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $6 thousand, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The county holds 55% of awards as prime recipient and 45% as sub-recipient, with sub-grant work flowing through Colorado state agencies (Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Colorado Department of Human Services, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Colorado Department of Transportation) for public health preparedness, vaccine administration, women-infant-child nutrition, community service block grants, and emergency management programs.