Blount County Government

Blount County Sheriff's Office, a county government entity based in Maryville, Tennessee, receives federal grant funding as a sub-recipient rather than as a prime contractor or recipient. The organization has no federal contracting footprint and operates entirely through pass-through grants issued by state agencies on behalf of federal grantor programs.

The Sheriff's Office has received three federal grant sub-awards since 2022, totaling $129 thousand in obligated federal dollars. Two sub-awards derive from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the Tennessee Department of Health: an Emergency Law Enforcement Confinement (ELC) grant awarded August 1, 2022, and a second ELC Confinement grant awarded July 1, 2023. One sub-award flows through the Federal Highway Administration via the Tennessee Department of Transportation: a roadway repair and resurfacing project beginning at the intersection of Grave Hill Road and extending approximately 1.3 miles west toward the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area boundary, awarded May 22, 2026, encompassing drainage improvements, minor widening, safety improvements, roadway markings, signage, and shoulder work.

Activity is sparse and episodic — one award per year across 2022, 2023, and 2026 — with no multi-year contract vehicles, no IDIQs, and no subcontracting relationships to other vendors. Customer concentration is split between the CDC (two ELC awards) and FHWA (one transportation infrastructure sub-award). The organization's federal footprint is limited to emergency law enforcement confinement support and transportation infrastructure maintenance work channeled through state pass-through entities, with no indication of growth trajectory or pipeline development in federal markets.