North Dakota Department Of Health And Human Services

The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, a state government entity and child agency of the State of North Dakota, is a federal grant recipient and prime contractor operating across public health, nutrition assistance, vital statistics, and emergency preparedness programs. The department operates 99% of its portfolio as a prime recipient or prime contractor, with negligible subcontracting activity.

North Dakota DHHS's federal footprint spans two distinct capability areas. First, the department administers state health programs funded through formula grants and cooperative agreements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), family violence prevention and services, immunization surveillance and improvement, tuberculosis prevention and control, HIV prevention and surveillance, maternal and child health services, emergency preparedness and response, oral health, and cancer prevention. Representative grant awards include a $9.279 million WIC Food Expense formula grant from USDA Food and Nutrition Service (CFDA 10.557) through September 2026, a $4.543 million Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant from HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (CFDA 93.994) through September 2027, a $1.309 million Grants to States for Loan Repayment award from HHS HRSA (CFDA 93.165) through June 2029, and multiple CDC cooperative agreements totaling millions in combined potential value for immunization, HIV, tuberculosis, emergency preparedness, behavioral health surveillance, and cardiovascular and diabetes prevention programs. Second, the department holds smaller federal contracts for vital statistics data services and enumeration records—a $2.73 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with CDC Pittsburgh (awarded January 2022, running through April 2027) funding delivery orders for National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Cooperative Program support, and a $430,863 Social Security Administration contract for Enumeration at Birth and Race and Ethnicity records services extending through June 2029.

Customer concentration centers heavily on HHS agencies. The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (both Pittsburgh regional office and Office of Acquisition Services) accounts for 33 awards with $7.2 million combined potential value and 13 awards with $3.7 million respectively. The Social Security Administration holds 23 awards valued at $2 million combined, the Indian Health Service 21 awards at $454 thousand, and the Environmental Protection Agency 86 awards. Across the award portfolio, 46 distinct customer agencies are represented; the top five account for approximately 46% of awards.

The department holds positions on five parent vehicles: a Basic Ordering Agreement (HHSD200201250834I) with eight task orders and $738 thousand combined potential value, and four indefinite delivery contracts with the Social Security Administration and HHS, each generating five to eight task orders. The portfolio shows modest recent activity—six awards in 2026 year-to-date, 16 in 2025, declining from 23 in 2024 and 22 in 2022. Twenty-six awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $155 thousand, representing modest recompete exposure. The top NAICS categories reflect the agency's mission: Administration of Public Health Programs (41 awards), Computing Infrastructure and Data Processing (39 awards), and Testing Laboratories and Services (22 awards). The combined potential value across all 667 awards in the source snapshot totals $16.3 million, though obligated dollars ($1.58 billion) substantially exceed potential value, indicating formula and block grant awards with higher obligation-to-ceiling ratios typical of HHS social services and nutrition programs.