Cameron County

Cameron County Parks & Recreation Division, a division of Cameron County government (South Padre Island, Texas), receives federal grants as a prime recipient focused on rural water and wastewater infrastructure, environmental conservation, and outdoor recreation facilities. The entity operates as a U.S. local government agency and does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-based.

Cameron County Parks & Recreation functions as a prime grant recipient with the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, with occasional sub-recipient roles under Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. As a local government entity, the division competes in the federal grant space rather than the contract procurement market. The top customer by award volume is the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, which accounts for 12 awards across the portfolio; the Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 follow with three and two awards respectively. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service has issued two prime grants. Combined, the top five agencies account for 95% of awards in the source.

Over the past fifteen years, Cameron County Parks & Recreation has received twenty-two federal awards totaling $6.1 million in combined obligation value. Recent activity is sparse: the source records six awards in 2011, eight in 2012, three in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2025. Prime grants account for 82% of the portfolio (eighteen awards), with four sub-awards routed through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Representative prime work includes a WWD (Water and Waste Disposal) predevelopment planning grant from the Rural Utilities Service (Jun 28, 2023) and a Section 306C waste disposal and sewage treatment alleviation grant from the same agency (Aug 8, 2025, ultimate completion Aug 8, 2027). Sub-recipient work includes Laureles Regional Park outdoor improvements, Santa Maria Community Park, Cameron County-South Padre Island Sea Ranch, and Olmito Nature Park kayak and small vessel boating facilities, all sub-awarded through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department between Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Only one award is scheduled to reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure.