City Of Philadelphia

The City of Philadelphia's Lead and Healthy Homes Division, operating within the Public Health Department, conducts lead-based paint inspections and hazard control work for federal housing and public health programs as a prime contractor and grant recipient, with no set-aside designation. The division is a child entity of the City of Philadelphia municipal government headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and operates across testing laboratories and environmental remediation (NAICS categories) under federal grants and delivery orders tied to HUD and Department of Health and Human Services funding.

The division's federal footprint concentrates heavily on lead hazard mitigation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development accounts for the largest share of recent activity: HUD's Office of Single Family Housing has placed eight awards worth $2.6 million in combined potential value, anchored by a single-award indefinite delivery contract (86614122D00012) valued at $1.125 million through August 2027, against which five firm fixed-price delivery orders have been issued for annual lead inspection work. The most recent delivery order, issued August 30, 2026, carries $64,953 for Year 5 of the five-year program and extends through August 2027. Prior annual orders ranged from $7,765 (Year 1, 2022) to $48,476 (Year 4, 2025), all firm fixed price with no set-asides. HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control has issued five additional awards, including a $7.75 million Project Grant (CFDA 14.900, Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program) awarded February 15, 2025, running through February 2029, which supports lead hazard identification, control, and abatement in pre-1960 privately-owned rental and owner-occupied housing, with capacity building and community partnership integration across low-income neighborhoods.

The division holds one prior lead hazard reduction grant from the same HUD program (December 1, 2022, completion December 1, 2026) and receives federal funding as a sub-recipient through state and local pass-through entities: the Department of Agriculture Pennsylvania administers TEFAP pass-throughs (three sub-awards, 2023–2026), the Pennsylvania Department of Education administers Child and Adult Care Food Program funding (one sub-award, January 2022), and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency administered Public Assistance disaster relief for the 2021 Ida Floods (one sub-award, June 2023).

Award activity has declined over the past three years — six awards in 2022 down to two in both 2024 and 2025 — though combined dollars obligated ($151.1 million) substantially exceed combined potential value ($3.8 million), reflecting the municipal government's receipt of large historical grants. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $65 thousand), presenting a minor recompete window tied to the HUD lead inspection IDV. The division's capabilities span lead-based paint inspections targeting housing where children under six face the greatest risk, interim controls and abatement in pre-1960 construction, environmental testing through the Philadelphia Public Health Laboratory, and coordination with disease control and outbreak response; a Congressionally Directed Spending grant (August 1, 2022, completion July 31, 2026) supports the relocation and expansion of the Public Health Laboratory from a Biosafety Level 2–only facility to a state-of-the-art campus with four BSL-3 laboratories for current and emerging pathogen analysis.