Federal contractor · HELENA, MT

LIBRARY, MONTANA STATE

LIBRARY, MONTANA STATE received $118.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 2 awards (+1.4% vs FY2025). Since FY2019: $629.3K. Its largest customer was Forest Service ($75K). It also received $1.6M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$118.7K
New awards
2
Sole-source
37%
Single offer
63%
UEI
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Parent company
STATE OF MONTANA EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Other than small businessGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 15.8KFY2019
  2. 30KFY2020
  3. 70.9KFY2021
  4. 79KFY2022
  5. 79KFY2023
  6. 119KFY2024
  7. 117KFY2025
  8. 118.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Forest Service$75K63%
    1 awards
  2. Office of the Chief Financial Officer$43.7K37%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$75K63%
  2. IT & telecom$43.7K37%

Where the work was performed

  1. Missoula County, MT$75K63%
  2. Lewis and Clark County, MT$43.7K37%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $118.7K
  • Sole-source awards37%
    US 30% · $43.7K
  • Single-offer competitions63%
    US 8.7% · $75K
  • 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

  1. MAINTAIN AND PROVIDE NATURAL RESOURCE DATA ON PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES, ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND OTHER LAND ATTRIBUTES UPDATE MNHP DATABASE WITH RECORDS FROM IMBCR BIRD MONITORING PROGRAM$337K
    Forest Service· Missoula County, MT· Professional services· Jun 22, 2022 – Jun 26, 2026· 1284LM22C0014
  2. STATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TOOL - MONTANA$85.7K
    Office of the Chief Financial Officer· Lewis and Clark County, MT· IT & telecom· Sep 19, 2025 – Jul 31, 2026· 12314425C0069

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.

LIBRARY, MONTANA STATE received $1.6M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 6 actions (3 new awards), −7.4% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 45.310 · Grants to States ($1.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$1.6M
New awards
3
Actions
6
Since FY2021
$12M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 3.8MFY2021
  2. 1.5MFY2022
  3. 1.6MFY2023
  4. 1.6MFY2024
  5. 1.8MFY2025
  6. 1.6MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$1.5M90%
  2. Other assistance$164K10.0%

Top programs

  1. 45.310 · Grants to States$1.4M87%
  2. 10.699 · Partnership Agreements$164K10.0%
  3. 15.654 · National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements$49.9K3.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Institute of Museum and Library Services$1.4M87%
  2. Forest Service$164K10.0%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$49.9K3.0%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. THE MONTANA STATE LIBRARY WILL USE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THEIR FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR FY 2023-2027, WHICH REFLECT THE PURPOSES AND…$1.4M
    45.310 · Grants to States· Institute of Museum and Library Services· Formula grant· Mar 25, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026· LS-260831-OLS-26
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO CONDUCT AND COLLECT BAT MONITORING INFORMATION ON NFS LANDS FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED PROTOCOLS AND…$139K
    10.699 · Partnership Agreements· Forest Service· Other financial assistance· Jun 29, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 26CS11015600023
  3. SILENE SPALDINGII OR SPALDINGS CATCHFLY IS A REGIONAL ENDEMIC PLANT FOUND IN MONTANA WASHINGTON OREGON AND IDAHO AND BARELY EXTENDING INTO…$49.9K
    15.654 · National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Cooperative agreement· Jul 31, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026· F26AC01454
  4. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO DOCUMENT THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO COLLECT DATA USING SURVEY PROTOCOLS FOR WILDLIFE…$43K
    10.699 · Partnership Agreements· Forest Service· Other financial assistance· Sep 22, 2025 – Jul 8, 2026· 25CS11011100022
  5. HOWELLIA AQUATILIS WATER HOWELLIA WAS REMOVED FROM THE FEDERAL LIST OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED PLANTS ON JUNE 16, 2021 86 FR 31955 THIS…$38.9K
    15.615 · Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund· U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service· Grant· Sep 15, 2022 – Jul 28, 2026· F22AP03727
  6. THE MONTANA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM MTNHP AND THE MONTANA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY MNPS HAVE TEAMED UP TO CONDUCT A TWO YEAR PILOT STUDY TO…$11.2K
    15.245 · Plant Conservation and Restoration Management· Bureau of Land Management· Cooperative agreement· Aug 24, 2022 – Jun 23, 2026· L22AC00377

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 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

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2022: $0 paid out · $51.3K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $40K 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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

2 companies · $91.3K reported

  1. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA$51.3K
    MISSOULA, MT · 1 subaward
  2. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INDUSTRY$40K
    HELENA, MT · 1 subaward

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. GEOSPATIAL MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC$460.6K−100% in FY2026
    NEWBERG, OR · 67% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  2. FRIENDS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES$80K
    RALEIGH, NC · 23% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Data processing, hosting, and related services
  3. RECACCESS, LLC$1.9M+120% in FY2026
    VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveForest Service · Data processing, hosting, and related services

Showing the top 3 of 19 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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.