Lincoln County Nevada

Lincoln County Nevada, doing business as Acorn, is a U.S. local government entity (county government) that receives federal grants as a prime recipient across infrastructure, community development, and public safety programs. The vendor operates primarily as a federal grant recipient (84% of recent awards prime) rather than as a federal contractor, with a secondary footprint as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards from state and local prime grantees. Lincoln County is headquartered in Pioche, Nevada (181 Main St, Pioche, NV 89043), and operates through named subsidiaries including Lincoln County Fire District and County of Lincoln.

Lincoln County's federal grant portfolio concentrates on airport infrastructure, outdoor recreation, and habitat conservation across rural Nevada. The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region is the largest customer by award count (18 awards), followed by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management Nevada Region (15 awards, $60,000 combined potential value) and the broader BLM (13 awards). Recent representative work as prime recipient includes a $169,369 Airport Improvement Program grant from FAA Western Pacific (CFDA 20.116) awarded August 4, 2026, to design a 1,500 square foot snow removal equipment building at Pioche Airport with completion targeted for August 3, 2030; a $1,848,805 Cooperative Agreement from BLM Nevada Region (CFDA 15.235, Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act) awarded December 18, 2024, to construct an outdoor recreation complex with basketball court, tennis court, two pickleball courts, and parking near Panaca, Nevada; and a $246,662 Cooperative Agreement from BLM Nevada Region (CFDA 15.246, Threatened and Endangered Species Program) awarded September 22, 2023, to develop and implement the Southern Lincoln County Habitat Conservation Plan with an administrator position through September 21, 2028. Earlier awards include construction grants for airport taxiway and apron rehabilitation (July 22, 2025, FAA Western Pacific), fuel farm facilities at Alamo and Pioche airports (July and August 2024, FAA), runway rehabilitation at Panaca Airport (June 27, 2023, FAA), trail construction on BLM public lands near Pioche (November 29, 2022, BLM Nevada Region, $778,695), and Pioneer Park improvements in Panaca (November 23, 2022, BLM Nevada Region, $897,875). A $125,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (awarded September 30, 2022) funds youth substance abuse prevention campaigns for the Lincoln County Coalition.

Lincoln County also receives federal grants as a sub-recipient on pass-through awards from state and local prime grantees. Sub-recipient work includes rural public transportation services under FTA Section 5311 allocations (multiple awards from October 2022 forward), food services for low-income populations (Nevada Department of Human Services, October 1, 2025), wildfire fuel break construction around Caselton and Pioche (Nevada Fire Chiefs Association, April 22, 2025), emergency preparedness and stakeholder coordination (November 8, 2024), crime victims assistance (Division of Child and Family Services, August 7, 2024), and multiple public safety "Joining Forces" initiatives through the Nevada Department of Public Safety (awards from October 2022 through October 2025).

Activity has been modest and flat — six awards in 2022, six in 2023, eight in 2024, four in 2025, and one awarded in 2026. Combined potential value across all 97 awards (prime and sub) totals approximately $198,000, though combined dollars obligated represent $27.8 million, reflecting a large gap between potential values recorded in the source and actual invoiced spend. Only two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. Lincoln County holds positions on two parent vehicles: an Indefinite Delivery Contract (INLNCL040317) with four task orders totaling $71,000 in potential value, and a Blanket Purchase Agreement (INL13PA00206) with three task orders totaling $20,000 in potential value. The vendor's award portfolio reflects a rural Nevada county government's role as a steward of local airport and recreation infrastructure, with federal funding anchored to FAA airport improvement and BLM public land management and conservation programs.