San Juan County

San Juan County, a New Mexico local government entity headquartered in Aztec, provides law enforcement services, community infrastructure development, and emergency response support to federal agencies as a prime recipient of grants and purchase orders, competing under full-and-open procedures with no socioeconomic set-aside designations. The county operates across 17 distinct federal customer agencies, with recent prime awards (72% of total) concentrated in law enforcement contracts with the Bureau of Land Management and federal grant programs spanning justice assistance, transportation infrastructure, energy efficiency, and emergency management.

The county's federal footprint splits sharply between contract work and grant funding. On the contracting side, San Juan County holds a recent $285,000 firm fixed-price purchase order from the BLM New Mexico Region for law enforcement services, issued October 1, 2025, with performance located in Farmington, New Mexico and completion targeted for September 30, 2030—a modification to ensure compliance with updated federal guidance and enhance representational clauses. An earlier $120,000 BPA from the same BLM region (September 25, 2023 through September 30, 2025) supported the Sheriff's Office with law enforcement support services. On the grant side, San Juan County acts as prime recipient under multiple federal grant programs: a $5.0 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI, CFDA 20.325) project grant from the Federal Railroad Administration awarded June 1, 2025 for project development and planning of a new freight rail line connecting Farmington to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe corridor near Gallup, spanning San Juan and McKinley counties in partnership with the Navajo Nation and New Mexico Department of Transportation, with a 20 percent non-federal match requirement and completion targeted for October 31, 2027; a $1.0 million congressionally directed project grant from USDA Rural Utilities Service under the Community Facilities Loans and Grants program (CFDA 10.766) effective May 1, 2026 for community facility development in the rural Aztec area; a $605,000 Community Facilities project grant from USDA Rural Utilities Service awarded July 16, 2024; a $2.3 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) Economic Adjustment Assistance project grant from the Department of Commerce awarded April 28, 2022 for San Juan County Industrial Park infrastructure improvements including natural gas and broadband extension, water and fire suppression upgrades, and mechanical system improvements to support economic diversification; two Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Technology and Equipment Program grants from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded March 9, 2024; an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Section 40552) formula grant from the Department of Energy awarded February 1, 2024; a Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) block grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded October 1, 2022 for in-car mobile data computers and reflex sights; a Federal Railroad Administration project grant awarded September 1, 2021 for pre-NEPA project development and alternatives analysis for a proposed rail line between Shiprock, New Mexico and the BNSF Gallup Subdivision; and an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG, CFDA 97.044) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded August 25, 2021 for equipment and training to enhance first-responder capabilities.

Customer concentration by award count centers on the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (8 awards) and the BLM New Mexico Region (6 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value). The BLM dominates the top-customer list by potential value. San Juan County also acts as sub-recipient under state-administered grants from the New Mexico Department of Transportation (traffic safety and DWI-directed enforcement patrols), the New Mexico Public Education Department (school food service reimbursement claims), the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (hazard mitigation planning), and the Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Department (wildland firefighting equipment and training), with recent sub-awards supporting personnel costs, emergency equipment procurement, CERT training, and public safety exercises.

Recent activity has grown from three awards in 2022 to eight in 2024, then declining to seven in 2025 and one in the first half of 2026. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Combined potential value across all recent awards is $1.5 million, though obligated dollars across the full portfolio ($22.1 million) reflect historical grant funding cycles and account rollovers that exceed published contract ceilings. The county's capability portfolio centers on public safety service delivery, emergency management support, and rural infrastructure development for federal land management and community resilience initiatives.