Sanford Health Of Northern Minnesota

Sanford Health Of Northern Minnesota, doing business as Sanford Health Of Northern MN, is a tax-exempt nonprofit hospital subsidiary of Sanford North based in Bemidji, Minnesota, that delivers telemedicine, nursing home care, financial reporting, and community health services to federal healthcare agencies as a prime contractor (59% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient on federal grants routed through state health and human services departments. The organization competes in the open market without set-aside designations across all prime contract and grant work.

The vendor's contract footprint centers on two federal healthcare customers that account for 82% of recent awards by count. Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 23 of the Department of Veterans Affairs dominates both volume and dollars, with 20 awards worth $15.3 million in combined potential value, driven by single-award Indefinite Delivery Contracts for community nursing home services and recurring firm-fixed-price delivery orders for express financial reporting on nursing home spending (FY22 through FY25 cycles). The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service holds 11 awards valued at $884 thousand, primarily through single-award IDCs for telemedicine support services at Red Lake, Minnesota and recent delivery orders for telehealth obstetrics at Cass Lake Service Unit. Representative prime contract work includes a $938,748 delivery order from VISN 23 (October 2023) for express FY24 nursing home spending reports, a $324 thousand telemedicine support services IDC from IHS (April 2024) with two delivery orders ($36 thousand each) issued to date, and a $226 thousand delivery order from VISN 23 (October 2025) for nursing home care services. The remaining 8% of awards scatter across the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (12 awards), SAMHSA (7 awards), and HRSA (4 awards), with most of that volume flowing through grant sub-awards from state departments.

Parent contract vehicles used include Basic Ordering Agreements VA26316A0020 (7 task orders, $4.8 million) and VA263BO0131 (3 task orders, $2.1 million) under VISN 23, and Indefinite Delivery Contracts 36C26322D0095 (5 task orders, $2.4 million) and 75H70524D00015 (4 task orders, $126 thousand). Activity has declined from 12 awards in 2023 to 1 award in 2026 year-to-date; only 3 awards (combined potential value $226 thousand) reach ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure. Federal grant work as prime recipient spans three programs: a Rural Health Network Development grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (July 2023–June 2027) to establish a community health worker hub focused on behavioral health, chronic disease, and diabetes prevention among underserved populations and American Indian communities in the Bemidji region; a Bureau of Justice Assistance re-entry services grant (October 2022–March 2026) supporting criminal justice-involved adults returning to northern Minnesota communities with case management and mental health services; and a Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies grant from HRSA (September 2021–August 2026). The vendor also acts as a sub-recipient on multiple federal grants from the Minnesota Department of Human Services and Minnesota Department of Health, including State Opioid Response, Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Emergency Shelter, and Hospital Preparedness Program funding.

Service Contract Inventory data shows $1 million in invoiced revenue across FY2024 on approximately 9.4 FTEs, with government-paid hourly rates ranging from around $50 to $55 per hour at the median, and the vendor performing all delivery in-house with no reported subcontractor engagement. The organization's subsidiary Baker Park, Inc., a nonprofit, does not carry distinct federal award history in the source data. Sanford Health Of Northern Minnesota's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in rural and tribal healthcare delivery in northern Minnesota, with the VA representing 94% of contract potential value and the organization operating as a direct service provider rather than a systems integrator or technology contractor.