Parkers Prairie Independent School District #547

Parkers Prairie Independent School District #547 (doing business as Parkers Prairie IFD SD 547) is a U.S. local government school district located in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota, that receives federal formula grants as a prime recipient from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. The district operates exclusively within the federal grant ecosystem — it holds no contracts — and is not a federal contractor.

The district's federal footprint consists entirely of education-focused formula grants administered through the Small, Rural School Achievement Program (SRSAP). Over the past five years, the district has been awarded one formula grant per year on a consistent cycle: awards issued July 1st with ultimate completion dates of September 30th the following year. Five prime awards span from July 1, 2022 through July 1, 2026, anchoring the district's relationship with the Department of Education. The district also appears as a sub-recipient on three federal grant sub-awards flowing from the Minnesota Department of Education, dated February 2024, April 2023, and May 2024.

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education accounts for 100% of the district's federal award activity. Combined obligated federal dollars across all twenty-one awards total $827 thousand over the entire award history, reflecting the formula-grant structure of SRSAP, which allocates resources to small rural districts on a per-district basis rather than through competitive procurement. The district's customer concentration is absolute — one federal agency, one grant program — and carries no competitive set-aside designation or SBA status; formula grants do not require such designations and flow to qualifying school districts as entitlements under federal statute.

Activity is sparse: one award in 2022, two in 2023, three in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026. One award (the July 1, 2026 SRSAP award with ultimate completion September 30, 2027) carries an ultimate completion date outside the next twenty-four-month window; the prior award cycle (July 1, 2025 award, ultimate completion September 30, 2026) represents the district's only recompete cliff item in the near term. The district's federal posture is that of a grant recipient, not a procurement vendor; it does not compete for contracts, maintain federal contractor status, or operate under vehicle-based teaming arrangements. Business development professionals at federal contractors would engage Parkers Prairie IFD SD 547 only in supplier or subcontractor roles specific to school district operations (facilities, curriculum services, technology support), not as a prime contractor or fellow competitor on federal contract vehicles.