State Of Montana Department Of Health And Human Services

State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services, Business and Financial Services Division, a state government entity operating through Helena, Montana, serves as a prime recipient and prime contractor for federal agencies in regulatory inspection, laboratory diagnostics, and health and human services administration, with 1,530 prime awards (99% of recent activity) spanning 74 federal customer agencies.

The division's concrete federal work centers on three capability areas: regulatory inspection and compliance support (tobacco retailer inspections, human food safety inspections for the Food and Drug Administration under a $6.5 million indefinite delivery contract through September 2028); clinical and environmental laboratory testing (newborn metabolic screening, infectious disease reference testing, water sample analysis, vital statistics data collection); and administration of major federal health and social service programs. Federal contract work includes a $176,651.84 FDA definitive contract for Montana human food state inspections awarded September 30, 2026, a $345,951.80 FDA delivery order for state retail inspection tobacco compliance issued the same date, a $23,000 Indian Health Service purchase order for Blackfeet Service Unit newborn metabolic screening awarded May 17, 2026, and a $9,600 Veterans Affairs BPA call for laboratory water-sample testing at Fort Harrison VA Medical Center. The division holds three parent indefinite delivery vehicles: a $6.5 million FDA State Retail Inspection IDIQ through September 2028 (three task orders executed), a $93,842 VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 19 Blanket Purchase Agreement for infectious disease reference testing through September 2028 (three calls issued), and a $2 million CDC National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Cooperative Program indefinite delivery contract through April 2027.

The division's customer concentration is dominated by two HHS customer branches: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services holds 173 awards, and Administration for Children and Families holds 276 combined awards across multiple programs. The Food and Drug Administration accounts for 29 awards worth $12.9 million in combined potential value (largest dollar concentration), followed by CDC Pittsburgh with 32 awards worth $7.2 million, Indian Health Service with 92 awards worth $2.2 million, and VA VISN 19 with 39 awards worth $2 million. These five customers account for 69% of the division's combined potential value across recent awards.

Montana DPHHS is primarily a direct federal contractor (99% prime awards) with minimal subcontracting; across SCI-reportable service contracts, the division reported 0.1 FTEs in FY2024 on a single service contract invoiced at $190 thousand with median government-paid rates around $49.38/hr. The division operates without SBA set-asides as a state government entity and competes full-and-open across all awards.

Federal grant work constitutes the majority of the division's award footprint by count and dollar value. The division received a $1.167 billion Rural Health Transformation Program Cooperative Agreement from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on December 29, 2025 (CFDA 93.798), to fund five strategic initiatives—workforce development, sustainable access, innovative care models, community health and prevention, and technology innovation—across Montana through December 30, 2030, with sub-awards to rural hospitals, community health centers, tribal health organizations, and other qualified providers post-award. Major recurring grants include $88.026 billion Children's Health Insurance Program block grant (CFDA 93.767), $7.275 billion Medicaid entitlement (CFDA 93.778), $64.630 million Child Care and Development Block Grant Discretionary (CFDA 93.575), $94.722 million Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant (CFDA 93.561), $43.694 million Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (CFDA 93.568), and $29.677 million Child Support Services block grant (CFDA 93.563), all awarded October 1, 2025. The division also holds cooperative agreements for public health and disease prevention: a $5.8 million Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Project Grant from HRSA (CFDA 93.870) through September 2027, a $20.757 million Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant from SAMHSA (CFDA 93.959) through September 2027, and a $7.777 billion Block Grants for Community Mental Health Services (CFDA 93.958) through September 2027. Sub-awards flow primarily to county health departments, tribal organizations, area agencies on aging, community action agencies, and nonprofit service providers throughout Montana for implementation of services at the community level.

Activity has remained relatively steady over five years—78 awards in 2023 and 2024, declining to 63 in 2025 and 13 in 2026 (source date is October 15, 2026). Ninety-six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.3 million, representing a modest recompete exposure for the division's contract portfolio.

The division operates as a child entity under parent vendor Montana Dept. Of Public Health (UEI LZFNZUUCC715) and competes across the full spectrum of federal agencies without set-aside restrictions, leveraging its status as a state health department to serve as the primary administrative intermediary for federal health, regulatory, and social service funding flows into Montana.