City Of Hopewell

City of Hopewell is a local government entity registered in SAM.gov since March 2009 and located in Hopewell, Virginia. The city serves as both a direct federal contractor and grant recipient, providing essential utility and public safety services to federal facilities while simultaneously receiving federal funding to support community development, emergency management, and infrastructure improvement initiatives. Through its federal awards, the City of Hopewell demonstrates expertise in delivering specialized municipal services ranging from utility management to public safety enhancements and community development activities.

The City of Hopewell has established a consistent track record of providing wastewater utility services to the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg through a series of firm fixed-price delivery order contracts awarded by the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons. Between October 2021 and September 2025, the city received four separate delivery order contracts totaling approximately $4.5 million for wastewater and water utility services. Operating through its Hopewell Regional Waste Water Treatment Plant (HRWTF), the city managed these contracts without set-aside designations, demonstrating its capability to support critical infrastructure needs at federal correctional facilities. These contracts represent the primary mechanism through which the City of Hopewell has engaged in federal contracting, establishing itself as a reliable vendor for specialized utility services to the Bureau of Prisons.

The City of Hopewell maintains an active and diversified portfolio of federal grant awards across multiple agencies and program areas. The city has received prime grant awards from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) on a formula basis, securing multiple entitlement grants since 2021 with completion dates extending through 2033 to support housing, infrastructure, and economic opportunity initiatives. Additional prime grants include a $418,667 Port Security Grant Program award from FEMA (awarded September 2025, completing August 2028), a $294,645.90 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from FEMA (awarded September 2023), a $196,800 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant from the Federal Highway Administration (awarded July 2023), and a $418,667 Historic Preservation Fund Grant-in-Aid for African American Civil Rights from the National Park Service (awarded June 2024) to rehabilitate the City Point House-Shiloh Lodge. The city has also received block grants from the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance for law enforcement equipment and crime prevention initiatives. Beyond prime awards, the City of Hopewell has received numerous sub-grant awards flowing through the Virginia Department of Social Services, Virginia Department of Transportation, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, and the State Emergency Management Department. These sub-grants have funded victim witness services, pedestrian safety improvements and infrastructure projects, emergency management performance activities, and emergency management grant allocations, demonstrating the city's role as a pass-through recipient supporting local public safety and community development objectives.