Town Of Blacksburg

Town Of Blacksburg, doing business as Blacksburg Gas & Water System, is a U.S. local government municipality based in Blacksburg, South Carolina that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient and sub-recipient. The vendor does not hold federal contracts and does not compete under SBA set-aside categories; it operates as a local government entity receiving direct appropriated funding for emergency management, infrastructure, and organizational capacity work.

Blacksburg's recent federal grant footprint centers on disaster recovery and community infrastructure. As a prime recipient, the town holds a project grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (award date May 1, 2025, ultimate completion April 30, 2027) designated for organizational capacity work. As a sub-recipient, Blacksburg has received five federal sub-grants in 2025, including streetscape improvements (December 16, 2025 award date), jurisdiction-wide debris removal (July 23, 2025) under the Federal Emergency Management Agency, emergency protective measures (May 6, 2025) under FEMA, and two emergency protective measures sub-grants (both May 2, 2025) under the South Carolina Adjutant General with 100% cost-share requirements. The source notes one of the Adjutant General sub-grants was erroneously posted to a Blacksburg, Virginia UEI and subsequently corrected through SAM.gov reconciliation.

Customer concentration is split between FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (4 awards) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (3 awards), accounting for 88% of all awards. Total obligated dollars across all awards since 2010 stand at $2.1 million. Award activity has been episodic — one award in 2010, one in 2015, and a cluster of six awards in 2025 — indicating recent surge in federal grant engagement driven by disaster-response and infrastructure-improvement priorities. One award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure.

As a local government entity, Blacksburg does not participate in federal contract vehicles, GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs. The municipality's federal footprint is restricted to direct grants and sub-grants from FEMA and the Appalachian Regional Commission, making it a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor or procurement participant. Competitive intelligence and teaming opportunity with Blacksburg is limited to grant sub-recipient relationships on disaster-recovery and infrastructure programs administered by those two agencies.