County Of Lauderdale

Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi, provides law enforcement patrol and security services at federal recreation areas and emergency watershed stabilization as a prime recipient of federal grants and a prime contractor on small-dollar law enforcement purchase orders. The county is a non-SBA entity operating under full-and-open federal solicitations with no set-aside designations, competing on 90% of recent awards as a prime recipient or contractor.

Lauderdale County's federal footprint centers on two core capability areas: law enforcement patrol and security services at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation facilities, and emergency watershed protection and disaster recovery support funded by the Department of Agriculture. The county's largest customer by both award count and dollar value is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Mobile, which accounts for 17 awards and $223 thousand in combined potential value for annual firm-fixed-price purchase orders for law enforcement services at Okatibbee Lake spanning fiscal years 2022 through 2026. A representative Okatibbee contract was the May 2026 purchase order from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (ENDIST Mobile) for $22,140 in additional law enforcement services with completion required by September 7, 2026. The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service has placed six grants with the county for emergency watershed protection and disaster recovery work; a $110,749.66 Cooperative Agreement awarded July 20, 2026, funds rock riprap stabilization of a box inlet on Rabbit Road under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923), with performance through January 16, 2027. The county also received a Cooperative Agreement from NRCS for bank stabilization at Magnolia Middle School in response to a March 2024 storm, awarded July 31, 2024, and due for completion November 8, 2025.

Customer concentration is high: the top two customer agencies (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers variants and Department of Agriculture) account for 79% of awards and 100% of combined potential value. Award activity is sparse and cyclical — one award in 2022, one in 2023, five in 2024, one in 2025, and three in 2026 — with combined potential value of $313 thousand but combined dollars obligated of $2 million, indicating invoiced revenue on prior-year awards exceeds available contract ceilings. One award faces recompete within the next twenty-four months. The county's subcontract footprint is minimal (4 of 39 awards, or 10%), consisting of fire improvement and equipment sub-grants awarded in 2024 and 2026 with grantor details not specified in the source. The county operates under two basic ordering agreements with the Army Corps of Engineers (DACW0189H0001 and DACW0194H0001) with one task order each.