County Of Cochise

County of Cochise, doing business as Local Government, is a U.S. county government entity headquartered in Bisbee, Arizona that acts as a federal grant recipient for infrastructure, public safety, health, and environmental remediation projects, with 50 prime grants (46% of recent awards) and 59 sub-awards flowing through state intermediary agencies (54%). The county does not hold federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles; it operates exclusively in the federal grant space as either a direct recipient or sub-recipient of pass-through funding from state agencies.

The county's capability portfolio centers on airport infrastructure development, surface transportation planning, environmental brownfield remediation, detention facility construction, public health and safety initiatives, and community development. Recent representative work includes a $2.057 million Federal Highway Administration project grant (CFDA 20.933, awarded June 2026) for the Davis Road Planning Project in Bisbee under the RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) program, a $1 million EPA Brownfields Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 66.818, October 2023 through October 2027) to capitalize a revolving loan fund for brownfield site cleanup and redevelopment, a $2.2 million Bureau of Justice Assistance grant (July 2023) for construction of a new detention facility addressing capacity and safety concerns, and a $500 thousand Federal Highway Administration grant (June 2024) for electric vehicle charging infrastructure development across the county. Airport improvements funded by the FAA Western Pacific Region include runway reconstruction design, hangar reconstruction design, precision approach path indicator installation, and automated weather observing system installation at Willcox and Douglas airports.

Customer concentration reflects the county's rural and county-level grant posture. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 57% of recent awards, led by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (24 awards), the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region (16 awards), and the Department of Transportation FAA (9 awards), with the CDC and Health Resources and Services Administration contributing 7 and 6 awards respectively. Potential-value ranking diverges significantly from count — the EPA and DOI carry modest award counts but anchor dollar concentration in brownfield and land management work, while HHS ACF's high volume of awards carries sub-million and incremental pass-through values. The county receives the majority of its health and human services funding through sub-awards from the Arizona Department of Health Services, the Arizona Department of Economic Security, and the Criminal Justice Commission of Arizona, reflecting state pass-through structures for federal public health, child support enforcement, and victim services programs.

Activity accelerated from seven awards in 2022 to nineteen in 2023 and eighteen in 2024, then declined to ten in 2025 with one award so far in 2026 (the June RAISE planning grant). Only two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. Combined potential value across all 109 awards (prime and sub) is listed as $10 thousand, but combined obligated dollars across all awards total $35.2 million — a material discrepancy reflecting the county's role as a recipient of fully obligated or substantially advanced grant awards where potential value notation does not capture the true federal funding committed. The source includes four named subsidiaries under the County of Cochise parent: County of Cochise (county government proper), Cochise County (housing authorities public/tribal), County of Cochise (city), and County of Cochise (local government owned).