Umatilla County

Umatilla County, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Pendleton, Oregon, provides law enforcement, emergency management, and public safety services to federal agencies as both a prime contractor and a grant recipient, competing without set-aside designation across 105 recent awards (50% prime, 50% sub or sub-recipient) with a combined potential value of $3.6 million and combined obligated dollars of $10.9 million.

The county's federal footprint splits evenly between prime contract work and grant sub-receipts. On the prime contract side, Umatilla County delivers law enforcement patrol services, emergency dispatch support, and facility security to Army Corps of Engineers installations, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army, and the Forest Service. Representative prime contracts include a $465,538.80 purchase order from the Bureau of Reclamation (May 27, 2026, through May 31, 2031) for law enforcement services at the Umatilla Field Office with full arrest authority across Bureau facilities in Oregon; a $55,462.50 Army purchase order (May 23, 2025) for law enforcement patrol at McNary Dam and Lake Wallula; and a $43,267.50 Army Corps of Engineers purchase order (April 30, 2024) for patrol and recreation services in the Pendleton area. Most recently, on July 1, 2026, the Forest Service Region 6 purchased $20,000 in dispatch services for Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations employees from the Umatilla County Dispatch Center, running through June 30, 2031.

Customer concentration by award count shows a diverse federal customer base: the Federal Emergency Management Agency leads with 15 awards, followed by the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (12 awards for victim services), Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District (9 awards, $362 thousand combined potential value), and the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (8 awards). Dollar concentration diverges sharply — the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation accounts for 77% of combined potential value despite ranking below FEMA and DOJ by award count, anchored by a single $465,538.80 law enforcement contract. The top five customers account for 48% of award count but 77% of potential value.

On the grant side, Umatilla County acts as a sub-recipient under Oregon state grantees. The county receives sub-awards from the Oregon Health Authority (for mental health, substance abuse treatment, home visiting, and financial assistance programs), the Oregon Department of Justice (for victim services funding), and the Oregon Military Department (for emergency management infrastructure, road and bridge projects, and emergency operations center hardening). Umatilla County also holds one prime federal grant: a project grant from the Federal Highway Administration (awarded May 30, 2024) for Salisbury Vision Zero Rapid Safety Improvements under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program, running through May 29, 2026. The county received a sub-award on March 1, 2026 under the FY2025 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program to supplement operational costs for emergency management, part of a recurring pattern of EMPG funding across fiscal years 2022–2025.

Activity has contracted over the past five years — nine awards in 2022, declining to five awards each in 2025 and 2026 — with only one award (the $62,130 Army law enforcement contract) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The county operates under a single named parent vehicle, an Indefinite Delivery Contract (24362018D0098), carrying $3 thousand in potential value across one task order. The primary NAICS categories across awards are Police Protection (16 awards), Landscaping Services (6 awards), and Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (4 awards), consistent with the county's role as a local government entity providing dispatch, patrol, facility maintenance, and land management services to federal installations and programs in the Pacific Northwest region.