City Of Omaha

City of Omaha, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, receives federal funding primarily as a grant recipient (83% of recent awards) across housing, public safety, emergency management, and municipal infrastructure programs, with smaller contract volumes for office rental and facilities services. The city operates as a direct recipient under formula grant programs and project grants; it does not compete for contracts on full-and-open or set-aside vehicles and holds no prime contract indefinite delivery vehicles.

The city's grant footprint centers on Housing and Urban Development programs. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 62 awards across three recurring formula vehicles: the Home Investment Partnerships Program (CFDA 14.239), which carries $2.018 million and $1.931 million in recent allocations supporting affordable housing development, acquisition, and rental assistance; the Emergency Solutions Grant (CFDA 14.231), funding $371 thousand and $369 thousand in recent awards for street outreach, emergency shelter operations, and rapid re-housing; and the Community Development Block Grant program (CFDA 14.218), providing formula allocations for community development activities. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (57 awards, $6.828 million) funds the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response program (CFDA 97.083) for firefighter hiring and the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (CFDA 97.044) for equipment acquisition. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (34 awards) administers the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (CFDA 16.738), Project Safe Neighborhoods (CFDA 16.609), the Community-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CFDA 16.045), and the Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking program (CFDA 16.590), funding law enforcement training, violence intervention, and community safety initiatives. Recent awards include a $6.828 million SAFER grant (March 2025), a $2 million Community-Based Violence Intervention award (October 2024), and a $608 thousand Safe Streets and Roads for All grant (CFDA 20.939) from the Federal Highway Administration for speed management planning and Vision Zero initiatives.

The city also receives formula and project grants from the Office of the National Drug Control Policy for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program, the Department of Energy for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 for climate action planning and lead hazard remediation, and the Office on Violence Against Women for domestic violence response coordination. The city acts as sub-recipient on Department of Defense disaster recovery awards channeled through the State of Nebraska Department of Military Affairs, funding debris removal, infrastructure repairs, and equipment replacement across multiple 2025 and 2026 sub-awards.

Contract work is ancillary. The city holds small purchase orders and definitive contracts (ceiling values under $700 thousand) for office rental, parking space leases, and facilities support to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Drug Enforcement Administration, and other federal agencies co-locating in Omaha. The largest recent contract is a $686.65 thousand purchase order from ENDIST Omaha (September 2024) for a lease of 320 parking spaces through August 2027. These contracts carry no set-aside designations and reflect the city's role as a municipal infrastructure provider rather than a service vendor.

Top customer agencies by award count (63% of awards) include the Department of the Air Force (114 awards, predominantly related to Offutt Air Force Base operations in the Omaha area), HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (62 awards), FEMA (57 awards), General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (46 awards), and the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance (34 awards). The city serves 39 distinct federal customer agencies. By potential value, concentration is tighter: the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration carries $3.8 million across 4 awards, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission carries $153 thousand across 15 awards, and the Drug Enforcement Administration carries $52 thousand across 17 awards. Activity has remained relatively stable over the past five years (21 to 29 awards per year), with 18 awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and carrying combined potential value of $693 thousand, presenting modest recompete exposure primarily in housing and public safety grant cycles. The city sub-awards portions of its HUD grants to nonprofit developers (50 Ventures LLC, Incommon Housing Development Corporation), grassroots organizations (African American Empowerment Network, Siena/Francis House), and state agencies (Nebraska Department of Labor for workforce programs, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice for crime prevention), functioning as a pass-through entity for federal funding to local implementation partners.