Alabama Department Of Health

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), a state government entity headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, operates as a prime recipient of federal contracts and grants across 46 distinct customer agencies, delivering public health inspection, vital statistics collection, nutrition program administration, disease prevention, and emergency preparedness services to the federal government without set-aside designations.

ADPH's federal footprint spans 551 prime awards (86% of its 642 total awards) and 91 sub-awards, with $4.96 billion in obligated dollars across a combined potential value of $38.5 million. The disparity between obligated and potential value reflects a large inventory of recurring formula grants, particularly from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which comprises a dominant share of ADPH's annual awards. Recent activity shows 18 awards in 2022, growing to 30 in 2024, with 25 awards in 2025 and 4 recorded through late September 2026. Over the next twenty-four months, 33 awards valued at combined potential of $3.4 million reach ultimate completion, representing near-term recompete exposure.

Customer concentration clusters heavily within health and nutrition administration. The Food and Drug Administration leads potential value with 25 awards worth $26.9 million, driven by two single-award indefinite delivery contracts: a $5.75 million IDC for tobacco retail compliance check inspections (ultimate completion September 2029) and a $1.6 million definitive contract for Mammography Quality Standards Act inspections (ultimate completion March 2028). The CDC Pittsburgh office holds 9 awards valued at $7.8 million, anchored by a $5.83 million single-award IDC for vital statistics collection and dissemination under the National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (ultimate completion April 2027), with recurring $365,736 annual delivery orders. The Social Security Administration awards 15 contracts worth $2.1 million for Enumeration at Birth and Race and Ethnicity records ($1.94 million purchase order through June 2029). Top customers by award count include CDC Pittsburgh (77 awards), Federal Emergency Management Agency (68 awards), and multiple USDA Food and Nutrition Service tranches (99 awards combined across listed entries), reflecting ADPH's role as Alabama's primary WIC state administrator.

ADPH's prime contract work centers on regulatory inspection and compliance services. Representative FDA contracts include $218,050 for human food Alabama state inspections (definitive contract, September 2026), $1.35 million for tobacco retail compliance check inspections (delivery order, May 2026), and $300,934 for human food inspections (definitive contract, September 2023). CDC work includes $365,736 annually for vital statistics data collection and dissemination, plus a $38,886 purchase order for 2026 National Death Index operations. SSA awards fund enumeration and race/ethnicity records collection at $1.94 million through June 2029. The Consumer Product Safety Commission awards $18,350 for death certificates on consumer product-related deaths through December 2029.

ADPH's federal grant footprint is substantial and heavily weighted toward nutrition, maternal and child health, disease prevention, and emergency preparedness. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service awards WIC formula grants totaling approximately $95 million annually in fiscal years 2025-2026 across multiple CFDA 10.557 tranches: $85.94 million for WIC food expenses, $29.51 million for WIC administrative expenses, $3.22 million for WIC food (non-appropriated), $2.39 million for WIC food expenses, and $1.12 million for WIC administrative non-appropriated, plus $600,000 for breastfeeding peer counselor services (CFDA 10.557) and $1.33 million for WIC modernization (May 2023 through September 2027). The Department of Health and Human Services administers the largest non-WIC grant portfolio: a $30.44 million Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.994, October 2025 through September 2027) with sub-awards to Mobile County Board of Health, the Health Care Authority of the City of Huntsville, and DCH Health Care Authority for regional perinatal services improvement; a $1.60 million Title V State Sexual Risk Avoidance Education award (CFDA 93.235, October 2025 through September 2027); and a $1.09 million Personal Responsibility Education Program award (CFDA 93.092, October 2025 through September 2028). CDC cooperative agreements include vaccine-preventable disease prevention (CFDA funding through June 2030), colorectal cancer screening (NU58DP007959, CFDA 93.800, through August 2030), BRFSS health surveillance (through July 2029), tuberculosis control (CFDA through December 2029), HIV prevention and care coordination (through May 2029), epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease control (through July 2029), overdose data to action (through August 2028), cardiovascular health (through June 2028), diabetes prevention and control (through June 2028), and Alabama Wisewoman hypertension management integration (CFDA 93.436, through September 2028). Public health emergency preparedness and response awards include hospital preparedness program support (through June 2027), public health crisis response (through January 2027), and public health emergency preparedness program funding (through June 2029). Additional recipients include CDC grants for lead-based paint hazard reduction (HUD, through August 2027), violent death reporting (through August 2027), cancer prevention and control (through June 2027), and family planning services (through March 2027). FEMA awards support emergency management and disaster response. EPA Region 4 awards $100,000 for lead and asbestos certification and compliance (through September 2026). The Bureau of Justice Assistance funds the Alabama Prescription Drug Monitoring Program for opioid diversion reduction ($1.4 million, October 2022 through September 2026).

ADPH places subcontract work under the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Inc. for technical assistance related to mental health coalition and transformation transfer initiatives (awards December 2023 and January 2025). As a federal grant sub-recipient, ADPH receives pass-through funding from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (child passenger safety training, distracted driving education, and restraint voucher programs), Southern States Energy Board (transuranic waste transport safety to the WIPP facility), and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (trauma communications and stroke triage coordination).

ADPH operates through a semi-centralized structure spanning eight public health districts and county health departments across all 67 Alabama counties. Its primary NAICS coding reflects Administration of Public Health Programs (36 awards), with secondary focus on Computing Infrastructure and Data Processing (17 awards) and Data Collection and Information Services (15 awards and 14 awards respectively by PSC). The agency's award portfolio shows stability in core recurring programs (WIC, vital statistics, immunization, disease prevention) alongside episodic emergency response and infrastructure modernization initiatives. Most awards carry no set-aside designation and operate under firm fixed-price or cost-reimbursement structures. ADPH's sub-structure identifies AL. Dept. Of Public Health as the parent entity.