Lime Village Traditional Council

Lime Village Traditional Council, a federally recognized Indian tribe operating as a tribal government and council of governments, receives federal grants as a prime recipient focused on electric grid resilience, broadband infrastructure, and community development projects. The Council does not hold federal contracts and operates outside the SBA set-aside universe; its federal engagement is confined to formula grants and sub-grants from civilian agencies, with no prime contracting vehicle participation.

Lime Village's grant footprint centers on two major BIL-funded initiatives. The Department of Energy awarded the Council a formula grant on August 31, 2023 (ultimate completion April 30, 2032) to improve electric grid resilience against disruptive events under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Preventing Outages and Enhancing the Resilience of the Electric Grid program. The Department of the Treasury's Departmental Offices awarded a formula grant on May 30, 2023 (ultimate completion December 31, 2026) under the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (CCPF) to fund critical capital projects enabling work, education, and health monitoring in response to COVID-19, with eligible activities including broadband infrastructure designed to deliver symmetrical download and upload speeds of 100 Mbps or greater. The Council received a sub-grant sub-award on July 5, 2024 labeled "FY24 Aid to Tribal Government Lime Village."

Customer concentration is dispersed across five agencies. The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science leads by award count (5 awards), followed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office (4 awards), with the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices accounting for the remainder. Over a fifteen-year award history from 2006 to 2024, the Council has obligated $1.4 million in total federal funding across 15 awards (93% as prime recipient, 7% as sub-recipient). Two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing modest recompete exposure. The Council's federal footprint reflects its status as a tribal recipient of community development, infrastructure, and broadband-connectivity grants rather than a federal contractor or service provider.