Omaha Tribe Of Ne

Omaha Tribe Of Ne, a federally recognized Indian tribal government headquartered in Macy, Nebraska, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering social services, community development, health and nutrition assistance, environmental management, and tribal employment services. The tribe competes for and receives federal grants across a diverse portfolio of domestic assistance programs rather than federal contracts; it does not hold seats on government-wide contract vehicles. As a tribal government entity, Omaha Tribe Of Ne is not subject to SBA small-business designations but is recognized as a self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business and qualifies under federal Indian policy for set-asides and direct appropriations to tribal entities under 25 U.S.C. § 5321 and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638).

The tribe's federal award footprint is substantially concentrated in federal grants. Recent activity spans 558 awards (97% prime recipient, 3% sub-recipient) across 59 distinct customer agencies, with a combined obligated value of $353.9 million over the past five years. The award base is highly distributed across federal domestic assistance programs rather than concentrated in a few large contracts. The top five customer agencies by award count—the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Education, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families—account for roughly half of all awards. The vast majority of funding flows through formula grants and block grants tied to tribal population, service capacity, and program eligibility rather than through competitive procurement.

Concrete representative work demonstrates the scope and diversity of tribal federal engagement. The tribe is a grant recipient for Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) transportation services, delivering $572,524 in transit assistance (June 2026) for van replacement, preventive maintenance, and operating assistance across a 100,000 service area. It receives ongoing block grant support for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (CFDA 93.558) at $1.022 million (October 2025) for direct financial assistance and employment services to low-income families. The tribe operates the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC, CFDA 10.557) with recurring formula grants totaling $525,957 in food and administrative expenses (fiscal year 2026) for nutrition assistance to eligible pregnant women, infants, and children. A $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.587, October 2025) funds victim advocacy and emergency shelter expansion at Laura's House, the tribal domestic violence shelter. The tribe received a $2.015 million Broadband Connectivity Middle Mile Network grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (awarded July 2023) in partnership with its 100-percent-tribally-owned subsidiary Quick Current LLC to deploy over 400 miles of fiber-optic middle-mile infrastructure serving unserved and underserved communities in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Environmental management capacity work includes multiple EPA-funded projects for air quality monitoring, brownfields assessment, water quality protection, and solid waste program development under the Indian Environmental General Assistance Program (CFDA 66.926) at recurring $110,000–$121,000 annual levels. Employment and training support flows through multiple Department of Labor grants under the Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265) and WIOA-administered awards providing job readiness, occupational training, and apprenticeship support to tribal members.

The three small federal contract awards visible in the recent data are Tribal Employment Rights Ordinance (TERO) definitional contracts with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—$33,000 (October 2025), $32,000 (October 2024), and $32,000 (October 2023)—each carrying no set-aside designation and firm fixed-price terms. These represent the tribe's minimal direct federal contracting exposure relative to its vastly larger grant portfolio.

Subrecipient activity reflects the tribe's receipt of pass-through grants from state agencies. The source documents sub-awards from the Department of Education Nebraska for school block funding, and from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for immunization, vaccination, and maternal-child health programming routed through state administrative channels. These sub-awards characterize the tribe's role as an implementer of federally funded services within state-administered grant programs.

The recompete cliff shows 39 awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $33 thousand), indicating steady-state grant expiration and renewal cycles typical of tribal formula-grant portfolios rather than large contract recompetes. Activity trajectory has remained steady at 27–34 awards annually over the past five years, with no dramatic growth or contraction.