County Of Hot Spring

County Of Hot Spring, a local government entity headquartered in Malvern, Arkansas, provides law enforcement patrol services and emergency management support to federal agencies primarily as a prime contractor (95% of recent awards), competing full-and-open with no set-aside designations. The county holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Vicksburg for DeGray Lake law enforcement patrol services, valued at $500,000 and running through February 2028, under which it has received four task orders since 2023 ranging from approximately $23,700 to $26,500 per year for patrol, rule enforcement, and safety compliance at the lake recreation facility in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

County Of Hot Spring's federal footprint centers on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Department of the Army and its subordinate entities account for 77% of recent awards by count, with the Corps of Engineers holding the largest potential-value share at $675,000 across four awards. Recent representative work includes four BPA calls under the DeGray Lake patrol agreement (March 2023, March 2024, March 2025, and March 2026), each valued near $26,000, and a $360,000 prime Project Grant from the Federal Highway Administration under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) awarded April 24, 2026, to develop a comprehensive Safety Action Plan with ultimate completion on March 31, 2028. The county also received a sub-award from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission under the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program in July 2025.

Activity has been sparse and irregular — one award in 2019, two in 2023, one in 2024, two in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $26,000). The county's combined obligated dollars ($1.9 million) exceed combined potential value ($728,000) by 259 percent, indicating historical invoicing beyond stated ceilings or inclusion of multi-year obligations in the source snapshot. The county places recurring work under four indefinite delivery contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers (DACW3883C0083, DACW3885C0068, DACW3887C0106, DACW3881C0084) in addition to the primary DeGray Lake BPA. Award portfolio concentration by NAICS shows six awards under Security Guards and Patrol Services; by PSC, ten awards carry the support-professional patent-and-trademark code, four the physical-security-and-badging code, and three the housekeeping-guard code, reflecting miscoding in the underlying contract records but corroborating law enforcement and facility-security delivery as the dominant capability.