City Of Oshkosh

City Of Oshkosh, doing business as Oshkosh Public Library, is a municipal government entity based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, that acts as a federal grant recipient for transit, infrastructure, community development, and public safety projects, with no federal contract prime or subcontract activity. The entity's federal footprint consists entirely of federal grant awards from thirteen agencies, with 82 of 87 total awards (94%) held as prime recipient rather than sub-recipient.

The municipality's customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration, which accounts for 28 awards across the 87-award portfolio. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development follows with 20 awards, and the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance and Office of Justice Programs together represent 18 awards. These four customer organizations account for 80% of recent award volume. Transit and community development funding drives the dollar magnitude; the Federal Transit Administration has funded multiple bus facility modernization projects, including a $2 million Downtown Transit Center Phase 2 Development project awarded August 24, 2023 (ultimate completion March 30, 2028) and an $1.8 million transit center boarding infrastructure and passenger amenities project awarded May 25, 2023 (completion March 30, 2028). The Federal Transit Administration also awarded $780,313 on January 28, 2026 for procurement of two diesel buses and a Computer-Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Location system with video surveillance for the GO Transit system serving Oshkosh's 67,242 residents, and $4.4 million on December 30, 2021 for GO Transit operating assistance and capital projects. The Federal Highway Administration awarded $541,112 on August 18, 2026 under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) for the I-41 Bike and Pedestrian Bridge project, with performance extending through August 18, 2031. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has issued recurring Community Development Block Grant awards for community development and housing initiatives, with grants dated May 1, 2022, May 1, 2023, May 1, 2024, and October 1, 2024. The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded block grants on October 1, 2022 and October 1, 2023 supporting police department equipment replacement and recruiting efforts. FEMA has awarded project grants for fire prevention and safety and firefighter assistance.

Five awards (5.7% of the portfolio) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The City also holds five sub-recipient awards from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (lead service line replacement systemwide and in census tracts 4, 7, and 12, awarded August 27, 2025), the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration (October 17, 2024), and the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (October 17, 2024), reflecting pass-through funding from state agencies administering federal grant programs. Award activity has averaged roughly two to eight awards per year over the past five years, with recent years trending toward lower volume (two awards in both 2025 and 2026 year-to-date).