Federal contractor · RAPID CITY, SD
BLACK HILLS WORKS INC
BLACK HILLS WORKS INC received $3.5M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 7 awards (−19% vs FY2025). Since FY2021: $17.3M. Its largest customer was Defense Commissary Agency ($1.9M). It also received $191.4K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $3.5M
- New awards
- 7
- Sole-source
- 97%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- SFFMDJ7R8QH7
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 1.5MFY2021
- 69.1KFY2022
- 3.5MFY2023
- 4.3MFY2024
- 4.4MFY2025
- 3.5MFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Defense Commissary Agency$1.9M55%1 awards
- Department of the Air Force$1.5M42%4 awards
- Federal Acquisition Service$95.9K2.7%2 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Facilities & utilities$3.4M97%
- Professional services$95.9K2.7%
Where the work was performed
- Sarpy County, NE$1.9M55%
- Meade County, SD$1.5M42%
- Pennington County, SD$95.9K2.7%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition97%US 39% · $3.4M
- Sole-source awards97%US 30% · $3.4M
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Largest awards
- Defense Commissary Agency· Sarpy County, NE· Facilities & utilities· Aug 25, 2021 – Jun 3, 2026· HDEC0821C0051
- CUSTODIAL SERVICES$5.3MDepartment of the Air Force· Meade County, SD· Facilities & utilities· Oct 1, 2022 – May 27, 2026· FA469023C0002
- Department of the Air Force· Meade County, SD· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 9, 2025 – Oct 24, 2025· FA469025P0026
- 28 SFS COLD WEATHER GEAR$205.5KDepartment of the Air Force· Meade County, SD· Other equipment & supplies· Dec 12, 2024 – Oct 24, 2025· FA469025P0004
- Department of the Air Force· Meade County, SD· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 23, 2023 – Jan 23, 2026· FA469023P0074
- Federal Acquisition Service· Pennington County, SD· Professional services· Mar 30, 2026 – Mar 30, 2026· 47QMCA26F2JKM
- Federal Acquisition Service· Pennington County, SD· Professional services· Dec 19, 2024 – Feb 25, 2026· 47QMCA25F2JJA
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
BLACK HILLS WORKS INC received $191.4K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 10 actions (2 new awards), +11% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) ($191.4K).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $191.4K
- New awards
- 2
- Actions
- 10
- Since FY2021
- $1.1M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 162.8KFY2021
- 165.2KFY2022
- 179.5KFY2023
- 205.6KFY2024
- 172KFY2025
- 191.4KFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$191.4K100%
Top programs
- 14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$191.4K100%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
Largest awards
- 14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)· Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner· Direct payment for specified use· Nov 6, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· SD99H001106-26Z
- 14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)· Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner· Direct payment for specified use· Dec 17, 2025 – Sep 25, 2026· SD99T810001-26Z
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
- Sub-grants: $331.8K (4 subawards)
4 primes
- PIERRE, SD · 1 subaward
- PIERRE, SD · 1 subaward
- SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH$62.8K19%PIERRE, SD · 1 subaward
- HUMAN SERVICES, SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF$34K10%PIERRE, SD · 1 subaward
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $72.7K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $151K received
- FY2023: $0 paid out · $160K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $127.5K received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $299.8K received
- FY2026: $0 paid out · $331.8K received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
5 companies · $1.1M reported
- PIERRE, SD · 5 subawards
- CITY OF RAPID CITY$372.5KRAPID CITY, SD · 2 subawards
- PIERRE, SD · 1 subaward
Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Competitors
Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.
Compared on 7 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.
- GOODWILL EASTER SEALS MIAMI VALLEY$10.7M−5.1% in FY2026DAYTON, OH · 75% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Commissary Agency · Other support servicesAir Force · Services to buildings and dwellings
- ENMRSH INC$7.2M−52% in FY2026CLOVIS, NM · 50% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveAir Force · Services to buildings and dwellingsDefense Commissary Agency · Other support services
- TWO SEVENTY GROUP LLC$5.8M−34% in FY2026DUNN, NC · 45% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveDefense Commissary Agency · Other support services
Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.
Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.