County Of Inyo

County Of Inyo, a U.S. local government entity based in Independence, California, receives federal grants as a prime recipient for airport infrastructure modernization, homelessness prevention and supportive housing, and rural community facility development, and acts as a sub-recipient on a large portfolio of federal social-services, aging-services, and nutrition programs flowing through California state agencies. The county is a government entity operating under no SBA set-aside designations; it competes for and receives direct federal awards on a full-and-open basis alongside state pass-through arrangements.

The county's prime grant work centers on two principal capability areas. The Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region has awarded County Of Inyo approximately $2.5 million in combined potential value across eight Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) grants since August 2024, funding infrastructure work at Bishop Airport and Lone Pine Airport in Inyo County, California. Recent examples include a $1.67 million project grant on August 29, 2025, to construct and extend the Runway 12/30 safety area to 1,000 feet, a $325,389 design-phase grant on the same date for a new 6,400-square-foot Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting building to meet 14 CFR Part 139 safety requirements, a $300,994 grant for Phase 1 environmental assessment of a new 20,000–30,000 square foot terminal facility, and a $246,023 formula grant on September 18, 2025, to replace an airport rotating beacon and reconstruct the Precision Approach Path Indicator system for Runway 12. The county also holds Continuum of Care (COC) program grants from HUD's Administration for Community Living, with awards on February 1, 2026, and October 1, 2024, supporting permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homeless management information systems. A $205,000 project grant from USDA Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) awarded December 23, 2022, funded essential community facility improvements in rural Inyo County.

The sub-recipient footprint dominates the county's award count and reflects California's pass-through structure for federal social-services funding. County Of Inyo receives sub-awards from the California Department of Aging (which administers 64 of the county's 143 total awards, or 45% of the portfolio), the California Department of Social Services, and the California Department of Public Health. These sub-awards span Special Programs for the Aging Title III and Title VII programs (supportive services, nutrition services, senior centers, ombudsman services, caregiver support, disease prevention), the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (10.557), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), foster care and adoption assistance, refugee assistance, CalFresh/SNAP administration, vaccine-preventable disease immunization programs, and maternal and child health programs. The county also receives pass-through sub-awards from the California Department of Social Services for family preservation and reunification support, and sub-awards from the California Office of Emergency Services for victims-of-crime assistance and emergency management grant implementation. Representative award dates from the sub-recipient portfolio include multiple awards on July 1, 2025, and July 1, 2024, covering aging and nutrition services; awards dated October 1, 2024, and October 13, 2024, for TANF, SNAP, CCDF, and foster care funding; and recurring awards throughout 2024–2026 for immunization, WIC, and family support programs.

Customer concentration sits with HHS's Administration for Community Living and Administration for Children and Families, which together account for 67% of the county's awards by count. However, the concentration by potential value is far tighter: the Bureau of Land Management California Region and the Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region account for $58,000 and $14,000 respectively, while the HHS programs carry the bulk of the active award count. The disparity signals that the county's federal footprint is driven by high-volume, low-dollar-per-award state pass-through grants rather than large direct federal contracts. Recent activity has grown steadily — nine awards in 2022 to 44 in 2024 — though only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, reducing near-term recompete risk. Combined potential value across all 143 awards stands at $89,000, though obligated amounts total $20.5 million, reflecting the significant gap between stated potential value and actual invoiced obligations on multi-year state and federal pass-through grants. The county holds no parent contract vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs and does not serve as a prime contractor on federal supply or service contracts.