Federal contractor · HELENA, MT

FISH WILDLIFE & PARKS MONTANA DEPARTMENT

FISH WILDLIFE & PARKS MONTANA DEPARTMENT received $419.4K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (+3.3% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $4.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($419.4K). It also received $47.2M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$419.4K
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 294.7KFY2017
  2. 255.5KFY2018
  3. 369KFY2019
  4. 373.6KFY2020
  5. 439.7KFY2021
  6. 339.7KFY2022
  7. 823.5KFY2023
  8. 388KFY2024
  9. 406KFY2025
  10. 419.4KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$419.4K100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$419.4K100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Lewis and Clark County, MT$419.4K100%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $419.4K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $419.4K
  • 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.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. Department of the Army$419.4K
    Department of Defense · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. PALLID STURGEON POPULATION MONITORING IN SEGMENTS 2 AND 3 OF THE MISSOURI RIVER TO PROVIDE PALLID STURGEON HABITAT ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING AT MULTIPLE PALLID STURGEON INTERCEPTION AND REARING COMPLEX SITES.$419.4K
    Department of the Army· Lewis and Clark County, MT· Professional services· Jan 30, 2026 – Jan 30, 2026· W9128F26FA003

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.

FISH WILDLIFE & PARKS MONTANA DEPARTMENT received $47.2M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 152 actions (44 new awards), −45% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety ($24.1M).

Assistance · FY2026
$47.2M
New awards
44
Actions
152
Since FY2021
$339.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 45.2MFY2021
  2. 67.2MFY2022
  3. 47.9MFY2023
  4. 46.5MFY2024
  5. 85.3MFY2025
  6. 47.2MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$47.2M100.0%
  2. Other assistance$19.3K0.0%

Top programs

  1. 15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety$24.1M51%
  2. 15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration$12M25%
  3. 15.916 · Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning$5.8M12%
  4. 10.676 · Forest Legacy Program$3M6.3%
  5. 97.012 · Boating Safety Financial Assistance$998.5K2.1%
  6. 15.634 · State Wildlife Grants$599.2K1.3%
  7. 11.436 · Columbia River Fisheries Development Program$316.4K0.7%
  8. 15.517 · Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act$195.1K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$36.9M78%
    Department of the Interior
  2. National Park Service$5.8M12%
    Department of the Interior
  3. Forest Service$3M6.4%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. U.S. Coast Guard$998.5K2.1%
    Department of Homeland Security
  5. Department of the Army$316.4K0.7%
    Department of Defense
  6. Bureau of Reclamation$195.1K0.4%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. MONTANA GREAT OUTDOORS CONSERVATION LEGACY PROJECT$20M
    10.676 · Forest Legacy Program· Forest Service· Project grant· Jul 13, 2022 – Nov 19, 2025· 22DG11010000009
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE BLOCK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC HUNTING ACCESS PROGRAM THAT…$10.8M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Aug 28, 2023 – Apr 8, 2026· F23AF03114
  3. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO FUND THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF WILDLIFE POPULATIONS THEIR HABITATS AND THE PUBLICS…$9.6M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· May 7, 2026 – May 7, 2026· F26AF00969
  4. A WELL-ROUNDED INVENTORY PROGRAM PROVIDED A VIEW OF THE OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE STATES FISHERIES, WHICH ALLOWS FWP TO MANAGE…$8.2M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jun 13, 2023 – May 4, 2026· F23AF01245
  5. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, AND ENHANCE FISH POPULATIONS, THEIR HABITATS, AND THE PUBLICS OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THEM…$8M
    15.605 · Sport Fish Restoration· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Jun 23, 2023 – May 4, 2026· F23AF01197
  6. MT SEDS DEVELOPMENT$7.9M
    15.611 · Wildlife Restoration and Basic Hunter Education and Safety· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Feb 10, 2021 – Jun 18, 2026· F21AF00523

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

  • Sub-grants: $5.3M (16 subawards)

14 sub-recipients

  1. CITY OF MISSOULA$900K17%
    MISSOULA, MT · 1 subaward
  2. MISSOULA COUNTY$838.7K16%
    MISSOULA, MT · 1 subaward
  3. CITY OF BOZEMAN$750K14%
    BOZEMAN, MT · 1 subaward
  4. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$698.2K13%
    BOZEMAN, MT · 2 subawards
  5. TOWN OF EKALAKA$615K12%
    EKALAKA, MT · 1 subaward
  6. CITY OF BELGRADE$450K8.6%
    BELGRADE, MT · 1 subaward
  7. TOWN OF COLUMBUS$297.5K5.7%
    COLUMBUS, MT · 1 subaward
  8. COUNTY OF LEWIS & CLARK$175K3.3%
    HELENA, MT · 1 subaward
  9. CITY OF RED LODGE$150K2.9%
    RED LODGE, MT · 1 subaward
  10. MADISON COUNTY$100K1.9%
    VIRGINIA CITY, MT · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $446.9K (2 subawards)

2 primes

  1. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INDUSTRY$403.2K90%
    HELENA, MT · 1 subaward
  2. NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION, MONTANA DEPT OF$43.7K9.8%
    HELENA, MT · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.7M paid out · $371.1K received
  • FY2022: $3.6M paid out · $525.6K received
  • FY2023: $7.2M paid out · $2.5M received
  • FY2024: $4.9M paid out · $6M received
  • FY2025: $3.7M paid out · $1.3M received
  • FY2026: $5.3M paid out · $446.9K 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

41 companies · $27.3M reported

  1. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$6.6M
    BOZEMAN, MT · 9 subawards
  2. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$5.9M
    MISSOULA, MT · 11 subawards
  3. CITY OF MISSOULA$1.5M
    MISSOULA, MT · 2 subawards

Primes that pay it

5 companies · $10.9M reported

  1. NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$5.3M
    WASHINGTON, DC · 5 subawards
  2. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INDUSTRY$2.2M
    HELENA, MT · 6 subawards
  3. DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS MONTANA$1.7M
    FORT HARRISON, MT · 3 subawards

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 1 market (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION$1.4M−37% in FY2026
    JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Administration of environmental quality programs
  2. NEBRASKA GAME & PARKS COMMISSION$2M+24% in FY2026
    LINCOLN, NE · 100% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Administration of environmental quality programs
  3. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS$435.5K−100% in FY2026
    TOPEKA, KS · 36% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Administration of environmental quality programs

Showing the top 3 of 12 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.