Town Of Plains Town Hall

Town Of Plains Town Hall, a municipality in Plains, Montana, operates as a federal grant recipient and occasional contractor, delivering forestry support services and community facility infrastructure work to the Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Town functions as a prime recipient on federal grants (73% of recent awards) and as a subrecipient on Montana Department of Environmental Quality water infrastructure grants, with no SBA certifications or set-aside posture — all awards are full and open.

The Town's customer footprint concentrates almost entirely within the Department of Agriculture. Eight awards from the Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) account for 87% of recent award volume and 100% of combined potential value across forestry support and presuppression activities; the Rural Utilities Service and Rural Housing Service account for two and one award respectively. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 places two additional awards. The Town has worked with four distinct federal agencies over the award window.

Forestry work dominates the capability portfolio. Eight awards fall under NAICS Support Activities for Forestry and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, representing the Town's primary federal work. Representative work includes a $4,990.30 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) awarded August 22, 2023, for completion by November 6, 2024, executed through blanket purchase agreements AG03R610LUA0038, AG03R6B145031, and AG03R6B145051. In the grant space, the Town received a community facility grant from the Rural Utilities Service (award date August 18, 2023, completion August 18, 2025). As a subrecipient, the Town participates in Montana Department of Environmental Quality water infrastructure grants (two sub-awards, May 17, 2023) to install new mains and services and abandon old, leaking mains and services.

Activity is episodic: four awards in 2014, one in 2016, one in 2018, two in 2021, and four in 2023. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $7 thousand, though combined dollars obligated total $679 thousand—indicating substantial invoiced performance against modest formal ceilings. No recompete cliff is imminent; the most recent award dates to August 2023.