County Of Burlington

County Of Burlington Board Of Chosen Freeholders, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Mt. Holly, New Jersey, operates as a prime recipient and sub-recipient of federal grants across public health, social services, law enforcement, and municipal services, with no active federal contracts held as a prime contractor. The county's federal footprint spans 231 awards split nearly evenly between prime grants (49%) and sub-grants routed through New Jersey state departments (51%), with recent activity growing from 24 awards in 2022 to 45 in 2024 before moderating to 22 in 2026. The county's combined potential value across all awards sits at $1.3 million, though obligated dollars total $108.9 million, reflecting a portfolio heavily weighted toward legacy grants and formula allocations with extended performance periods rather than near-term contract action.

County of Burlington's federal customer base is dominated by three agencies accounting for 61% of awards. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development leads in volume with 50 awards spanning Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships, and Continuum of Care (CoC) homelessness programs, all formula-based awards running through 2030–2034. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living places 44 awards, primarily sub-awards from New Jersey state departments for aging services—congregate meals, home-delivered meals, caregiver support, and evidence-based senior health programs—routed through the New Jersey Department of Human Services. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Fort Dix stands third with 25 awards and $1.3 million combined potential value, representing the county's only meaningful contract portfolio: recurring purchase orders for solid waste and trash services ($190,699 awarded October 2025 through September 2026, with prior annual awards ranging $6,800 to $262,330) and inmate autopsy services ($10,300 awarded October 2025 for six autopsies through September 2026). Beyond these three, the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance funds 11 awards for law enforcement capacity—$1.875 million COPS Hiring Program grant (FY25, October 2025–September 2030), $279,774 Body-Worn Camera expansion grant (October 2024–September 2027), law enforcement accreditation support, and victim services coordination under the Office on Violence Against Women and Victims of Crime Act programming.

County of Burlington's grant work spans public safety, substance abuse intervention, community development, and health infrastructure. Representative prime grants include $1.875 million from DOJ COPS Hiring Program to expand law enforcement officer capacity and community policing (October 2025–September 2030); $1.3 million from DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance for substance use disorder response, including 24/7 peer recovery coach staffing for the Burlington County Jail and "Straight to Treatment" self-referral pathways in partnership with ten local police departments (October 2024–September 2027); $838,704 from HUD HOME Investment Partnerships for affordable housing activities (December 2025, performance through September 2034); and $400,000 from the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration for Safe Streets and Roads for All roadway safety initiatives (December 2024–December 2029). Additional capacity includes CoC Continuum of Care project grants for rapid rehousing and transitional housing (multiple awards, 2022–2026), Community Development Block Grant formula allocations (7-year performance periods), and SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment funding for the Burlington County FR-CARA first-responder Narcan and peer recovery outreach initiative (September 2022–September 2026). As a sub-recipient, the county receives allocations through New Jersey state departments for WIOA Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act adult, youth, and dislocated worker services; WIC Women, Infants, and Children nutrition programs; public health emergency preparedness and COVID response; victim services and domestic violence intervention; and aging services including congregate and home-delivered meals.

The county's federal contract footprint is narrow and localized to FCI Fort Dix, where it holds recurring sole-source purchase orders for waste management and medical services with no competitive pressure—firm fixed-price awards under Bureau of Prisons administration, no set-aside designation, and performance at Mt. Holly. Across the grant portfolio, the county competes and receives awards under formula allocation structures (CDBG, HOME, CoC) and invitation-only or direct application mechanisms (COPS, OVW, BJA) rather than full-and-open competitive procurement. The two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months expose minimal recompete risk; most of the county's grant ceiling extends through 2030–2034, locking in revenue streams through extended performance periods. The county's work is firmly rooted in its jurisdiction as service provider: solid waste services, autopsy and medical care for federal inmates, housing and homelessness services, substance abuse prevention and treatment, law enforcement hiring and equipping, and aging and community nutrition programs across Burlington County's 820-square-mile footprint serving approximately 469,000 residents.