Mckenzie School District

McKenzie School District 68, a U.S. local government entity and public school district based in Vida, Oregon, operates as a federal grant recipient (32% of recent awards as prime recipient) and as a subrecipient of education and nutrition grants flowing through the Oregon Department of Education and other state agencies (68% of awards). The district does not hold prime federal contracts but places occasional facility and land rental purchase orders with the U.S. Forest Service, Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region — a minor contracting footprint that serves operational needs rather than core capability positioning.

The district's federal activity centers almost entirely on K-12 education grants. It receives recurring annual formula grants from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (awards in July 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, each running through the following September). The district also receives a steady stream of subrecipient grants flowing from the Oregon Department of Education for Title I Part A/D Basic Grants to LEAs, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants, Student Support and Academic Enrichment, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B sections 611 and 619, Child Nutrition Program Fresh Fruit and Vegetable awards, and Rural School Library Revitalization. A single sub-award from the Oregon Department of Emergency Management in January 2026 supported a gutter damage project. The district's contract footprint is negligible: four Forest Service purchase orders for land rental ($18,000 in July 2024, $10,000 in July 2025, $100 in September 2025) and one for conference room rental ($150 in August 2024) represent the extent of federal procurement activity. All contracts carried no set-aside designation and were issued by Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region.

Federal grant funding dominates the financial relationship. The combined potential value across all eighty-one awards is only $28 thousand — a reflection of the contractual purchase orders listed above — yet the source reports combined dollars obligated as $3.4 million, indicating that actual grant sub-award invoices far exceed the listed contract ceilings. The district served six federal customer agencies in the past several years, with 99% of awards concentrated in the Department of Education (Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: 58 awards; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services: 10 awards), the Department of Agriculture (Food and Nutrition Service and Forest Service), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Activity has remained flat to modest — six to twelve awards per year over the past five years — with only one award facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure. The district's federal footprint reflects its core mission as a public K-12 educational institution receiving federal formula grants and nutrition support, with incidental property-rental transactions with the Forest Service.