County Of Ravalli

County Of Ravalli, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Hamilton, Montana, operates as a federal grant recipient and contract supplier for airport infrastructure development and land-lease services to the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The county holds both prime federal grants (50% of recent awards) and receives subawards from state grantees (50% of awards), with no SBA designations applicable to a government entity. Activity has remained modest and stable — four to eight awards annually over the past five years — across a distributed customer base spanning twenty-one federal agencies, with combined potential value of $523 thousand and obligated dollars of $29 million across seventy-four recent awards.

County Of Ravalli's primary federal footprint centers on airport operations and facility use. The county operates Hamilton-Ravalli County Airport and has received substantial FAA grant funding for infrastructure modernization: two grants totaling $1.33 million from the FAA Northwest Mountain Region awarded in September 2025 under the Airport Improvement Program and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs (CFDA 20.106) to construct a new 12,720 square-yard apron to accommodate increased aircraft operations; two companion grants totaling $374 thousand from the FAA in June 2026 (Airport Infrastructure Grants Program CFDA 20.117 and Airport Improvement Program CFDA 20.116) for runway, taxiway, and apron reseal and resurfacing; and a $615 thousand grant from the FAA in September 2025 for additional apron construction, with performance running through 2029 and 2030. The county also holds a $250 thousand single-award indefinite delivery contract with the National Interagency Fire Center (awarded June 2024, completion December 2028) providing helibase and single-engine air tanker operations, equipment staging, and parking at Ravalli County Airport. On the Forest Service side, the county supplies land and facility-use services: a $157.9 thousand purchase order from USDA Forest Service Region 1 for land-rental services to the Daly area (awarded October 2024, completed October 2024); a $7.3 thousand purchase order for Dutch-Mill log deck land-use agreement services on the Bitterroot National Forest (awarded December 2022); a $96 thousand purchase order from Forest Service Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region for land and facility use at Blodgett Lake (awarded September 2022); and two smaller delivery orders totaling approximately $7.4 thousand from Forest Service Region 1 for land and facility use services (awarded July 2025 and August 2026).

The top-five customer agencies by award count account for 59% of the county's prime and sub awards. The FAA Northwest Mountain Region leads by count (fourteen awards), followed by the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (nine awards) and USDA Forest Service Region 1 Northern Region (eight awards, $177 thousand combined potential value). By potential value, the National Interagency Fire Center dominates with the $250 thousand helibase contract, followed by Forest Service regions and the FAA. Grant subawards comprise the remainder of the portfolio: the county acts as a subrecipient under Montana Department of Health and Human Services grants for public health emergency preparedness (PHEP), maternal and child health block grants (MCHBG), immunizations, epidemiology, and public health surveillance initiatives dating back to 2022; receives subawards for WIC nutrition program administration from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services; participates in victim services and crime victim assistance programs through the Montana Board of Crime Control; and received a subaward from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation for the East Fork Private Land Powerline Fuel Mitigation Project (September 2025). A HUD Economic Development Initiative grant awarded in August 2024 (completion August 2032) carries project-narrative requirements pending county submission. The county also received $32 thousand in FAA COVID-19 relief funds for local airports in January 2022.

County Of Ravalli's federal footprint reflects its role as a local infrastructure provider rather than a federal services contractor. The primary NAICS categories are Support Activities for Forestry (six awards) and Lessors of Other Real Estate Property (four awards), with PSC codes centered on forest-range fire suppression and airport facility rentals. Work is performed in Hamilton, Montana, and the surrounding Ravalli County area. No parent contract vehicles or teaming relationships are present; the county does not hold seats on GWACs, IDIQs, or GSA Schedules. Federal contracting is episodic and tied to airport capital projects and seasonal forest service needs, not sustained service delivery. The county's federal engagement is characteristic of local government entities that monetize public infrastructure — airports, county lands — for federal agency missions without competing on broader federal service vehicles.