Northwood Public School District

Northwood Public School District, a local government school district based in Northwood, North Dakota, acts as a federal grant recipient (26% of awards as prime recipient) and subordinate sub-recipient (74% of awards) under state pass-through agreements, receiving federal education and nutrition funding from the Department of Education and the Department of Agriculture. The district does not hold contracts or contract vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based, flowing through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as the prime grantee for most sub-award funding.

The district's federal portfolio is concentrated in two agencies. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 76 awards across child nutrition programs — the National School Lunch Program (NSLP Paid, NSLP Free/Reduced), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), and the Child Nutrition Block Grant (CN Block) — all sub-awarded from the state. The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 39 awards, including recurring formula grants under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (five prime awards from 2022 through 2026, with the most recent award dated July 1, 2026 and completion dated September 30, 2027), a project grant under Impact Aid Program Title VII Section 7003 awarded December 14, 2021 and running through September 30, 2027, and Title I sub-awards for disadvantaged student support flowing through the state. The child nutrition sub-awards run on monthly or periodic cycles throughout each fiscal year, with dozens of recurring monthly NSLP and SBP allocations passed through from North Dakota DPI between 2023 and 2026.

Activity has grown modestly but consistently, from a single award in 2022 to 26 awards in 2025 and 22 awards in 2026. Combined dollars obligated across the entire portfolio total $868 thousand, reflecting the formula-grant and entitlement nature of the work — small monthly child nutrition allocations and recurring education program distributions rather than large discretionary awards. Only one award faces ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete risk in that window. The district's role is fundamentally that of a local school system operating as a pass-through recipient for child nutrition and rural education support; it is not a contractor or a vendor in the commercial sense, and holds no contract vehicles or teaming relationships with commercial federal contractors.