City Of Tampa

City of Tampa, a U.S. local government entity based in Tampa, Florida, receives federal grants and contracts as a prime recipient and prime contractor across public safety, housing, infrastructure, and emergency management programs, operating without set-asides or SBA certifications. The city operates as a municipal government receiving formula grants and discretionary project grants from federal agencies; it also holds small-dollar prime contracts for venue services and police security support to federal agencies, with no significant subcontracting footprint on federal contracts.

The city's award portfolio centers on housing assistance, emergency services, and transportation infrastructure. HUD's Community Planning and Development office drives the largest share by award count with 76 formula grants covering Emergency Solutions Grants (CFDA 14.231), Home Investment Partnerships (CFDA 14.239), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (CFDA 14.241), and Community Development Block Grants (CFDA 14.169). These awards support homelessness prevention, affordable housing acquisition and rehabilitation, rental assistance for persons with HIV/AIDS, and community development activities across Tampa. FEMA awards form the second major cluster—57 awards primarily for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044), Port Security Grant Program (CFDA 97.056), and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (CFDA 97.083)—totaling over $20 million combined to support fire department staffing, equipment, port security, and emergency preparedness. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance provides 23 awards under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (CFDA 16.738), Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants (CFDA 16.710), and specialized programs including $800 thousand for virtual reality police training, $533 thousand for DNA cold-case investigation, and $963 thousand for electric vehicle fleet conversion for the Tampa Police Department. Transportation infrastructure grants from the Federal Highway Administration include a $8.3 million Safe Streets and Roads for All award (CFDA 20.939), a $1.75 million TIFIA Regional Infrastructure Accelerators grant (CFDA 20.223), and a $1.24 million Reconnecting Communities Pilot award (CFDA 20.940) supporting transit planning, streetcar modernization, bike networks, and highway interchange improvements.

Customer concentration reflects the city's receipt of formula allocations from HUD and project-based awards from FEMA and DOJ. The top five funding agencies by award count represent 54% of all awards: HUD's Community Planning and Development (76 awards), FEMA Headquarters (57 awards), the Department of the Air Force (41 awards), DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance (23 awards), and HUD's Fair Housing office (21 awards). By potential value, concentration is tighter: the Air Force Air Mobility Command delivers $7 million across 16 task orders primarily for police security services at military events including the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference and USSOCOM change-of-command ceremonies; GSA Public Buildings Service Region 4 holds 10 awards worth $1.8 million for venue services; and VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 carries 5 awards of $1.7 million potential value.

The city holds prime contracts on two main IDCs under the Air Force: Indefinite Delivery Contract F0860285D0009 with 41 task orders and F0860296D0016 with 3 task orders worth $654 thousand. These vehicles surface small, event-based police security and venue support work rather than standing capability contracts. A Blanket Purchase Agreement (FA481419AA002) with the Air Force carries 5 task orders of $163 thousand combined value.

Activity has been volatile across the past five years—37 awards in 2022, declining to 28 in 2023, rebounding to 50 in 2024, then dropping to 31 in 2025 and 8 awards year-to-date in 2026. This volatility reflects the episodic nature of disaster-response grants (FEMA's Port Security and SAFER programs spike after hurricanes and emergencies) and the annual reset of HUD formula grants. Nineteen awards with completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry $1.7 million in combined potential value and face recompete exposure, primarily HUD formula grants and FEMA disaster-response awards that renew on fixed annual cycles.

The city's subcontract footprint shows it acts as a sub-recipient under federal formula grants distributed through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management and the State of Florida Department of Transportation, receiving debris-removal funding, emergency protective measures support, and transportation safety sub-awards following hurricanes and declared disasters. Named sub-award partners include the Florida Commission on Community Service (AmeriCorps Green Team funding), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (coastal habitat design), and the National Arbor Day Foundation (tree canopy equity initiatives). These sub-awards are pass-through grants flowing from state agencies to municipal departments—the city does not operate as a traditional prime contractor with subcontractors.

Federal grant work dominates the portfolio: 322 of 404 awards (80%) are prime grants or contracts, with core programs centered on HUD housing formulas, FEMA emergency services, DOJ public safety, and DOT transportation. The city's four federal contracts (on Air Force vehicle F0860285D0009 and related IDCs) total $196 thousand in ceiling value—a rounding error in the portfolio. Grant awards deliver the overwhelming majority of federal dollars obligated: $423.6 million obligated against $14 million in potential contract value, reflecting the multi-year, multi-million-dollar nature of HUD formula grants and FEMA disaster assistance that carry annual appropriations and reimbursable expenses rather than forward-funded ceilings. By award category, water supply and irrigation systems dominate the NAICS mix (58 awards), reflecting drainage, stormwater, and wastewater infrastructure grants; security guards and patrol services (13 awards) capture police-security contracts; and utilities-water PSCs account for 71 awards under federal water and sewer facility programs.

The city operates as a grant recipient under its municipal charter with no SBA set-aside certifications or private-sector procurement strategy; it competes for discretionary DOJ and DOT project grants alongside other large municipalities and serves as the formula-grant nexus for HUD housing programs in Tampa. Subsidiaries listed in the source are administrative designations of the city itself (all entries show "City of Tampa" with varying activity codes) rather than separate legal entities.