Northeast Michigan Consortium

Northeast Michigan Consortium, doing business as Michigan Works through its Northeast Michigan Apex Accelerator division, operates as a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Onaway, Michigan, delivering procurement technical assistance and workforce development services to businesses and federal agencies as a federal grant recipient (70% of recent awards are sub-grants under state prime grants).

The vendor's primary federal footprint consists of direct prime cooperative agreements with the Office of the Secretary of Defense under the Procurement Technical Assistance For Business Firms program (CFDA 12.002). Since 2022, the vendor has held annual cooperative agreements to establish and maintain a regional APEX Accelerator resource center delivering free procurement counseling, training, and technical guidance to U.S. businesses of all sizes, including newly established enterprises, across Michigan. The most recent cooperative agreement, effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, carries a value of $528,523.21 and supports DoD's objective of building a sustainable domestic supply chain by enabling broader business participation in government contracting. The vendor has held consecutive one-year awards in this program since 2022, demonstrating continuity in this core mission.

The overwhelming majority of the vendor's recent federal activity (37 of 56 total awards) routes through the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration as a sub-recipient under prime grants held by the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. These sub-awards fund workforce development and job training programs including WIOA Adult, WIOA Dislocated Worker, WIOA Youth, Unemployment Insurance programs, and employment services. The vendor also operates as a sub-recipient under Michigan state prime grants for digital equity and broadband adoption initiatives, including Digital Navigator Network implementation and digital skills training. Secondary federal customers include the Defense Logistics Agency (9 awards) and subordinate offices within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and DLA Headquarters (4 awards each), drawn from the vendor's procurement technical assistance mission. Total obligated dollars across all 56 awards stand at $15.5 million. Activity accelerated sharply in 2024 and 2025, rising from one award in 2022 to thirteen in 2024 and twenty-four in 2025, reflecting expanded workforce and procurement assistance programming. Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure in the measured window.