Town Of Bourne Town Hall

Town Of Bourne Town Hall, a Massachusetts municipality headquartered in Buzzards Bay, operates as a U.S. local government entity that receives federal grants (43% of recent awards as prime recipient) and holds a minor federal contract (57% as sub-recipient). The town does not compete for federal contracts and carries no SBA set-aside designations; its federal footprint derives from direct FEMA and USDA grant awards for fire prevention, emergency management, and environmental infrastructure, supplemented by educational sub-grants from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

The town's prime federal grant work centers on two primary capability areas. FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (CFDA 97.044) provides repeated funding for fire prevention, safety training, equipment procurement, and firefighter health and wellness — recent prime awards include $556,210 (September 30, 2025) and $325,000 (September 30, 2025) for fire safety initiatives running through September 2027, plus a $168,989 award (September 13, 2022) for similar work. The town also acts as a prime recipient on environmental remediation grants from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, including a $325,000 cooperative agreement (September 11, 2024) for stormwater system construction in the Hen Cove area to improve water quality in shellfish habitat, running through December 2027, and a prior project (September 23, 2022) for the Monks Park stormwater treatment system. A single $13,685 purchase order (July 1, 2026) from the Army Corps of Engineers New England District funds law enforcement services on the Cape Cod Canal through June 2027.

Customer concentration is distributed across nine federal agencies. FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards leads on award count (7 awards) for fire services, tied with the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (7 awards for educational sub-grants). The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service follows (6 awards) for water quality and watershed work, with the USDA Food and Nutrition Service (5 awards) and the Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (4 awards) accounting for most remaining volume. The Army Corps of Engineers holds the sole dollars-concentrated award at $136,000 combined potential value across two law enforcement contracts. Overall combined potential value across all prime and sub awards is $136,000, though obligated dollars total $4 million — a ratio reflecting the town's role primarily as a pass-through educational sub-recipient rather than a retained services prime.

The town's sub-recipient footprint is dominated by educational funding flows. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education serves as prime grantee on all 13 sub-awards visible in recent activity, channeling federal grants through Title I Part A Basic Grants to LEAs, Supporting Effective Instruction, Career and Technical Education Basic Grants, Preschool State Grants, and School Lunch programs (USDA Food and Nutrition Service sub-awards). One competitive sub-award from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (November 11, 2024) funds a stormwater retrofit project at Queen Sewell Pond under EPA BIL funding. Activity has grown sharply in 2025 (14 awards) after years of lower volume (2–3 awards annually 2022–2024), driven primarily by increased educational sub-award passthrough. Four awards are scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $14,000).