County Of Pembina

County Of Pembina, doing business as Pembine Cnty WTR Resource DST, is a North Dakota county government entity that acts as a prime recipient on federal grants and as a sub-recipient on pass-through grants from the State of North Dakota. As a local government, the vendor does not compete for federal contracts and does not hold any contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of cooperative agreements and grant sub-awards routed through state and federal grantor agencies focused on water resource management and infrastructure resilience.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on watershed planning, dam infrastructure assessment and stabilization, and water control facility management in rural North Dakota. As a prime grant recipient, County Of Pembina has received three direct cooperative agreements from the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Department of Agriculture: a July 2024 award for watershed plan environmental assessment work on Herzog and Bourbanis dams (running through March 2029), a May 2023 award for Tongue River Channel Stabilization Project final design work, and a July 2022 award under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for implementation of recovery measures and debris removal at Bourbanis Dam. The vendor also holds nine sub-grant awards from the State of North Dakota, representing pass-through funding for water control facilities and management costs that flow downstream from federal programs.

Customer concentration is split between two federal agencies. The Federal Emergency Management Agency accounts for nine of thirteen total awards, reflecting disaster relief and infrastructure recovery funding streams. The Department of Agriculture's NRCS accounts for four awards, representing the vendor's direct engagement in watershed and conservation planning. All sub-awards flow through the State of North Dakota as prime grantee, positioning the county as an implementing entity rather than a direct federal recipient on the majority of funded work.

Activity has been episodic — one award each in 2019 and 2022, followed by four awards in 2023 and five in 2024, with two awards documented in 2025. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $8 million. The largest direct commitment is the five-year watershed assessment cooperative agreement awarded in July 2024. The vendor faces no contract recompete exposure; federal engagement consists entirely of grant administration and implementation on locally significant water infrastructure and disaster recovery work within Pembina County and adjacent areas.