State Of North Dakota

State Of North Dakota Department Of Emergency Services, headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota, acts as the primary recipient for federal disaster-relief grants and emergency-management funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Transportation, distributing sub-awards to eligible North Dakota local jurisdictions, counties, municipalities, tribal nations, school districts, utility cooperatives, universities, and nonprofit organizations. The agency is a U.S. State Government Entity operating under its parent, State Of North Dakota, with no federal contracting posture — all federal engagement is grant-funded pass-through administration.

The Department of Emergency Services' federal grant footprint centers on FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards, which account for 96 of 168 total awards in the source dataset. Recent prime recipient work includes a $47.689 million Disaster Grants-Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters) award dated December 1, 2025 (CFDA 97.036), funding debris removal, emergency protective measures, roads and bridges reconstruction, public utilities restoration, and recreational facility recovery across multiple North Dakota jurisdictions including Minnkota Power Cooperative, Nodak Electric Cooperative, Northern Plains Electric Cooperative, City of Jamestown, and City of Grand Forks; a $16.623 million Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program award dated July 22, 2026 (CFDA 97.139), capitalized as a pass-through revolving loan fund for hazard mitigation assistance to local governments; a $5.904 million Homeland Security Grant Program award dated October 1, 2025 (CFDA 97.067), funding terrorism prevention and preparedness across the state; and a $5.681 million Emergency Management Performance Grant award dated October 1, 2025 (CFDA 97.042), supporting state and local emergency management and interoperable communications. The agency also received a $4.953 million State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program award dated December 13, 2024 (CFDA 97.137), running through December 12, 2028, and a $264.792 thousand Interagency Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants award dated October 1, 2025 (CFDA 20.703) from the Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, supporting hazmat emergency preparedness through September 30, 2028. Additional FEMA programs include the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.008), Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (CFDA 97.039), and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program (CFDA 97.047), with combined awards exceeding $20 million. One small contract purchase order valued at $11.284 thousand was issued by the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Division on April 1, 2023, for law-enforcement database connectivity supporting federal crime investigation and background checks in Fargo and Bismarck.

Customer concentration is overwhelming: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (combining Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards and regional FEMA offices) accounts for 147 of 168 awards (covering 97% of the award count), with the Department of Transportation and Department of Justice making up the remaining federal engagement. The Department of Justice represents the only material contract potential value at $27 thousand across two awards. All substantive federal funding flows through FEMA grant programs. Awards per year remain relatively flat across the past five years (2022: 14 awards, 2023: 9 awards, 2024: 17 awards, 2025: 10 awards, 2026: 5 awards to date), with only four awards facing ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months. The agency's role is exclusively administrative and pass-through; it does not perform services directly but rather receives federal grants and redistributes sub-awards to eligible state and local recipients performing the actual emergency management, disaster recovery, and hazard mitigation work.