County Of Baldwin

County Of Baldwin, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Bay Minette, Alabama, acts as a federal grant recipient (45 prime grants, 39% of recent awards) and sub-recipient (71 sub-awards, 61%) that administers and operates demand-response public transit services and emergency management programs funded by federal formula grants and block grants from the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Department of Justice.

The vendor's award footprint is heavily weighted toward FEMA financial assistance and transit operations. The top five funding sources by award count account for 61% of recent awards, led by FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance (43 awards) and the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (9 awards), with the Department of Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, and the Bureau of Justice Assistance rounding out the active set. The concentrated dollars-obligated figure ($78.9 million across 116 awards since 2009) reflects large FEMA disaster-recovery and mitigation grants flowing through the county as pass-through or sub-recipient awards rather than principal-dollar federal grants; the combined potential value figure of $2 thousand indicates the source data carries minimal unobligated ceiling amounts for these mature awards.

County Of Baldwin's prime grant work centers on transit operations and planning. The Federal Transit Administration awarded $1,047,572 on June 11, 2026, under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) for Baldwin Regional Area Transit System (BRATS) preventive maintenance and vehicle replacement through March 30, 2036. The FTA also awarded $1.2 million in September 2025 under CFDA 20.507 for BRATS operating expenses and automated vehicle location/dispatching software through March 2035, and $1,385,000 in August 2024 for BRATS vehicle acquisition and maintenance through March 2033. The Federal Highway Administration awarded $320 thousand in August 2025 under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) to develop a comprehensive safety action plan for the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization and Baldwin County through June 2027. County Of Baldwin also holds two Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance (JAG) block grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance: one for $15,906 (October 2023 through September 2025) to purchase a K-9 for the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, and an earlier award (October 2022 through September 2024) for District Attorney case management software upgrades and white-collar crime investigation training.

The sub-award portfolio includes recurring FEMA sub-grants for emergency management sustainment and disaster recovery implementation, sub-awards from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for beach habitat protection and watershed improvements, and federal transit pass-through funds for BRATS vehicle purchases and operations. Activity has grown from three awards in 2022 to fourteen in 2025, with only one award reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating a mature, sustained grant portfolio with limited near-term recompete exposure. County Of Baldwin does not hold federal contracts or compete on contract vehicles; the vendor operates exclusively as a grant recipient and administrator of federal formula grants and block grants for local transit, emergency management, and public safety programs.