Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes

Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes, doing business as Fort Peck Tribe Executive Board, is a federally recognized Indian tribal government headquartered in Poplar, Montana that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants (94% of its award footprint) and holds a small portfolio of federal contracts, with the bulk of its activity concentrated in healthcare, community services, substance abuse treatment, justice system capacity-building, and environmental protection grants administered to tribal members and reservation-based programs.

The tribe's corporate structure includes West Electronics Inc., a tribally owned, minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer. The tribe's federal work is primarily grant-driven rather than contract-driven; the five recent definitive contracts from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO) services (FY 2022–2026, ranging from $30,000 to $33,000 each) represent its only recent federal contract prime awards. The tribe does not sit on government-wide acquisition contracts or agency-wide IDIQs; instead, it operates as a direct recipient of formula grants and project grants from federal agencies with explicit tribal set-asides or dedicated tribal funding streams.

Across 833 total awards (779 prime, 54 sub), the tribe serves 77 distinct federal agencies over a five-year period (2022–2026), with annual award counts ranging from six awards in 2026 (partial year) to 40 in 2024. The combined potential value of all awards is $142.2 million, though obligated dollars total $411.7 million, reflecting multi-year funding and grant renewals. The top five customer agencies by award count are the Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service (94 awards), Administration for Children and Families (77 awards), Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs (68 awards), Environmental Protection Agency (42 awards), and a second tranche from Administration for Children and Families (39 awards), accounting for 38% of the award portfolio. By potential value, the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service Central Office (15 awards, $42.3 million) dominates the rankings, followed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (21 awards, $476 thousand), though the dollar concentration reflects a single large real-estate lease vehicle rather than program diversification.

The tribe's top parent vehicle is Basic Ordering Agreement GS08B13439, under which it has executed 101 task orders valued at $113.3 million combined potential value—a facility lease or administrative services vehicle that accounts for a substantial portion of the tribe's contracted dollar flow. The tribe's award category concentration is heavily tilted toward non-residential building lessors (102 awards), human rights organizations (25 awards), and social direct aid to tribal governments under P.L. 93-638 (50 awards), reflecting its role as a landlord, tribal government operator, and service delivery entity.

Representative grant work spans multiple federal grant programs and agencies. Substance abuse and mental health grants include a $560,000 SAMHSA-funded Integrating Native Solutions for Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Efforts (INSPIRE) project (Sept. 2024–Sept. 2029); a $400,000 Bureau of Justice Assistance Tribal Justice Assistance award for a Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court (Oct. 2024–Sept. 2029); and a $500,000 SAMHSA medication-assisted treatment program for opioid use disorder (Sept. 2021–Sept. 2026). Transportation and infrastructure grants include multiple Federal Highway Administration Tribal Transportation Program awards totaling approximately $6.2 million (June 2022), $1.48 million (Sept. 2025), and $1.54 million (Sept. 2025) for road construction, bridge rehabilitation, and transportation planning on the 2.1-million-acre reservation. Violence-against-women and victim services grants include a $749,316 Office on Violence Against Women discretionary grant for domestic violence and sexual assault services (Oct. 2025–Sept. 2028), a $540,000 Tribal Sexual Assault Services Program award for the Red Bird Woman Center (Jan. 2026–Dec. 2028), and multiple Department of Justice grants for child abuse advocacy, family healing courts, and victim services. Environmental and energy grants include a $744,809 EPA Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) cooperative agreement (June 2024–March 2027), a $310,000 EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grant for greenhouse gas mitigation planning (Oct. 2023–Sept. 2027), and a $192,560 Department of Interior Minerals and Mining on Indian Lands award for renewable and conventional resource feasibility studies (Sept. 2025–Sept. 2027). Community services grants include recurring Community Services Block Grants (CSBG), Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) awards, and Older Americans Act Title VI grants for elder nutrition and supportive services from the Administration on Aging. The tribe also receives sub-awards passed through the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services for programs such as the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), WIC, and various health and emergency preparedness programs.

The tribe's sub-award footprint (54 awards, 6% of total) shows it acting as a sub-recipient on state-administered health, nutrition, and emergency management programs channeled through Montana agencies, as well as collaborative grants administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and National Children's Alliance focused on buffalo ranch habitat conservation and children's advocacy center expansion in native communities. The tribe does not operate as a prime or sub on Department of Defense contracts or civilian IT/professional services contracts; its federal work is grounded in tribal governance, community health, public safety, environmental management, and infrastructure appropriate to its jurisdiction and federal trust obligations. A 33-award recompete window in the next 24 months carries combined potential value of only $33,000, reflecting the formula-grant and long-term-project character of its portfolio rather than competitive contract cycling.