Otsego County Of

Otsego County Of, a U.S. local government entity based in Gaylord, Michigan, provides wildland fire incident management support and land use agreement services to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor, alongside federal grant sub-award participation in children and family services, emergency protective measures, and community facilities programs routed through state grantees. The county competes in full-and-open (no set-aside) categories across both contract and grant work, with a modest prime-to-sub split of 48% prime and 52% sub awards across its recent federal footprint.

Otsego County's contract capability centers on pre-season land use agreement support for wildland fire incident management at the Gaylord Regional Airport. The county holds a $250 thousand indefinite delivery contract (awarded April 1, 2023, running through March 31, 2028) with the Forest Service, Region 9 (Eastern Region), against which it has received five task orders valued at $52 thousand combined potential value. Recent delivery orders include a $13.5 thousand award issued June 1, 2026, an $8.1 thousand award from May 5, 2025, a $4.5 thousand award from October 6, 2024, and an $8.85 thousand award from April 30, 2024, all for the same pre-season land use support mission at the Gaylord airport with firm-fixed-price structures and performance in Cadillac, Michigan. The county's NAICS profile aligns primarily with Support Activities for Forestry (7 awards) and Lease/Rental of Other Airfield Structures (6 awards).

Top federal customers by award count include the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (9 awards), the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (5 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple regions (6 awards combined). The Forest Service R9-Eastern Region anchors the dollar ranking with $272 thousand in combined potential value across three awards, though the gap between potential value and obligated dollars — $4.1 million obligated against $312 thousand potential value — reflects significant invoiced performance across the sub-award portfolio, particularly in Title IV-D Cooperative Reimbursement Program grants flowing from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and emergency protective measures flowing from the State of Michigan.

Otsego County acts as a sub-recipient on federal grants administered by state agencies: recurring Title IV-D Cooperative Reimbursement Program awards from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (October 2023 through October 2024), emergency protective measures sub-awards from the State of Michigan (February 2026), parks and airport sub-awards from the State of Michigan (June 2026), and a sub-award from the New York Office of Children and Family Services (April 2024). Award activity accelerated in 2023 (9 awards) before moderating to 3 awards in both 2025 and 2026 year-to-date. The county's named subsidiary, County of Otsego (local government owned), carries no distinct operational framing in the source.