Independence School District #2

Independence School District #2, doing business as Quemado Schools, is a U.S. local government school district entity in Quemado, New Mexico that operates as a prime recipient of federal educational formula grants and a prime contractor on small, incidental federal purchase orders. The district does not hold federal contract vehicles and does not compete under SBA set-asides; all awards are full-and-open with no set-aside designation applied.

Quemado Schools' federal footprint centers on educational funding and ancillary services. The district operates as a prime recipient under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (CFDA not specified), a formula grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education that the district has held continuously since at least 2005. Recent awards include a Small, Rural School Achievement Program formula grant with ultimate completion scheduled for September 30, 2026. The district also receives sub-awards of Title I funding from the State of New Mexico Public Education Department, acting as a local educational agency (LEA) under the Title I program; Title I sub-awards were received in fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2026. Tangential to its educational mission, Quemado Schools has contracted with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 3 (Southwestern Region) on two purchase orders for land rental services — a $7,500 order issued June 10, 2026 with completion scheduled for June 14, 2026, and an $8,000 order issued May 27, 2025 with completion scheduled for July 3, 2025. Performance location for the land rental work is Silver City, New Mexico.

Customer concentration is highly skewed toward education. The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 21 of 27 total awards (78% of award count), though the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 3 represents the bulk of stated contract ceiling value at $32 thousand across three purchase orders. The district's top NAICS categories across the footprint reflect both roles: Support Activities for Forestry (5 awards) and Lessors of Other Real Estate Property (1 award). Activity is sparse and flat — one to two awards per year over the past five years, with 27 total awards recorded since 2005. Combined potential value across all awards is $39 thousand, but combined dollars obligated stands at $645 thousand, indicating that formula grants and sub-awards carry significantly larger realized revenue streams than the modest ceiling values on transactional purchase orders suggest.