Nebraska Public Power District
Columbus, NE Doing business as Nppd
- UEI
- R445BJM5S9N6
- CAGE
- 5J238
- Primary NAICS
- 221121 Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- FY2025 rankings
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Other NAICS codes in SAM.gov
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 1414 15th St, Columbus, NE 68601, USA
- Website
- nppd.com
- Founded
- 1971
- Employees
- 251-1K
- Estimated annual revenue
- $100M-$250M
- Industry
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- Utilities
- Electric Utilities
- Energy
- SIC code
- 49 Electric, Gas, & Sanitary Services
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $444,338 |
| FY2025 | $416,899 |
| FY2024 | $469,699 |
| FY2023 | $316,822 |
Top agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of the Interior | $444,338 |
Contract awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant awards
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department Of Military Nebraska | 4896DRNEP00000001 | $7,198,246 | |
| Department Of Military Nebraska | 4896DRNEP00000001 | $1,627,298 | |
| Department Of Military Nebraska | 4896DRNEP00000001 | $1,251,020 | |
| Department Of Military Nebraska | 4896DRNEP00000001 | $31,548 | |
| Department Of Military Nebraska | 4896DRNEP00000001 | $154,218 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Nebraska Public Power District, doing business as NPPD, is a state and local government-owned public power utility that supplies electric utility services to federal agencies and tribal facilities as a prime contractor on firm fixed-price purchase orders and definitive contracts, competing on a full-and-open basis without set-aside designations. NPPD operates as a civilian utility provider serving over 530,000 customers across Nebraska and South Dakota, with headquarters in Columbus, Nebraska, and has held federal contractor registration since 2001.
NPPD's federal work concentrates on delivering electricity to Department of the Interior facilities in the Great Plains Region. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Great Plains Region dominates the customer base, accounting for 30 awards and $6.3 million in combined potential value across recurring purchase orders for electric utility service to the Pine Ridge Agency in Pine Ridge, South Dakota — representative awards include $272,225.56 (September 2024), $229,999.46 (September 2023), and $249,353.23 (October 2022), all firm fixed-price contracts with annual renewal cycles through September. The Bureau of Indian Education placed four awards worth $1.2 million combined potential value for utility electricity service at Pine Ridge and associated facilities. A secondary customer, the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, awarded a $12,000 definitive contract (September 2023) for energy delivery to Plattsmouth River, Nebraska, running through September 2031. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation awarded a project grant on February 10, 2025, for automated river-gate upgrades on the Dawson County Canal to improve water management efficiency and add 162,033 kilowatt hours of renewable energy annually through hydropower optimization.
Recent activity has accelerated. NPPD received one contract award in 2024, eleven in 2025, and fifteen in 2026 through early September — a sharp uptick driven by grant sub-awards from the Department of Military Nebraska. These sub-awards finance transmission-line construction, distribution-system upgrades, and protective infrastructure across multiple Nebraska counties (Saline, Nuckolls, Thayer, Fillmore, Burt, Boone, Greeley, Scotts Bluff, and others) as well as cybersecurity risk management. NPPD also received a $200,000 project grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Cooperative Services under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for technical assistance to agricultural producers and rural businesses on energy efficiency and renewable energy systems (September 2023 to September 2025). On the sub-award side, NPPD subcontracts to the Department of Military Nebraska on infrastructure projects; the source lists 24 grant sub-awards from that prime grantee dating from July 2022 through September 2026, covering transmission lines, distribution systems, management costs, and utility system repairs. Only two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $154,000), limiting near-term recompete exposure. NPPD's federal footprint is narrowly specialized — the portfolio consists almost entirely of utilities-electric work (124 awards under PSC code for electric utilities), with secondary exposure to electric power generation and transmission under NAICS categories for power distribution, fossil fuel and other renewable power generation.
Quick answers
Is Nebraska Public Power District registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Nebraska Public Power District's SAM.gov registration is active through December 31, 2026.
How much has Nebraska Public Power District received in federal contracts?
Federal contracts obligated $416,899 to Nebraska Public Power District in fiscal year 2025 and $1,647,758 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
How does Nebraska Public Power District rank among federal contractors?
Nebraska Public Power District ranked #95 in NAICS 221122 and #100 in NAICS 22112 in FY2025.
What is Nebraska Public Power District's most recent federal award?
Nebraska Public Power District's most recent federal contract award is Electric (utility) service for pine ridge agency (140A0126C0010), from Great Plains Region (BIA), on August 11, 2026.
On GovTribe
See Nebraska Public Power District's full federal record
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- IDV awards
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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