City Of West Fargo

The City of West Fargo, doing business as West Fargo Police Department, is a U.S. local government entity (municipal corporation headquartered in West Fargo, North Dakota) that receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient for infrastructure, public safety, and community policing programs. The vendor operates exclusively as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor; it does not hold federal contracts or IDVs.

West Fargo's federal grant portfolio centers on three capability areas: surface transportation infrastructure, law enforcement community policing, and water utility modernization. The city received a $29.77 million Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the National Infrastructure Investments program (CFDA 20.933) on February 6, 2026, to fund the 9th Street NE Grade Separation Project, a three-year capital construction initiative running through December 31, 2028, that eliminates at-grade intersections through bridge or underpass construction to improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, and enhance pedestrian safety. West Fargo also received a $250 thousand Project Grant from the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) on October 1, 2025, extending through September 30, 2030, to hire and rehire career law enforcement officers and implement community policing infrastructure including planned community partnerships, problem analysis projects, and agency management improvements. A third representative award, a Project Grant from the Bureau of Reclamation dated January 13, 2022, and completed December 31, 2024, funded the installation of 1,544 smartpoint heads on existing water meters to enable advanced metering infrastructure and real-time water usage data integration, supporting the Fargo Drought Management Plan.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Justice: the Community Oriented Policing Program and Office of Justice Programs combine for 11 of 21 total awards (67% of the portfolio by source coverage), with remaining activity split between the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8, and the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The city acts as prime recipient on 14 of 21 awards (67%); subordinate grant sub-awards (7 total) flow through state-level prime grantees including the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, the North Dakota Attorney General, and the State of North Dakota, covering projects such as cybersecurity infrastructure, the Flock Safety AI-powered License Plate Recognition camera system for the West Fargo Police Department, master lift station redundancy analysis, and downtown core area flooding studies. The corporate structure includes a named subsidiary, the West Fargo Fire Department, organized as a non-profit organization. Activity remains episodic — one to four awards per year from 2019 through 2026 — with $34.8 million in combined dollars obligated across all 21 awards.