Lee County VA

Lee County VA, operating as the Lee County Board of Supervisors, is a U.S. local government entity that delivers utilities, waste management, and infrastructure services to federal facilities as a prime recipient of federal grants and as a prime or subrecipient contractor. The county receives no set-aside designation on its federal work.

Lee County's federal footprint centers on two distinct capability areas. The primary revenue driver is utility and waste management services to the United States Penitentiary Lee County, a Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons facility. Five years of direct procurement with the penitentiary — a recurring purchase order cycle under indefinite delivery contract DJBP011700000034 — anchors 56 awards totaling $27.7 million combined potential value and representing 36% of the county's total potential-value portfolio. Recent penitentiary awards include landfill and trash management services for fiscal year 2027 ($65,000, awarded October 1, 2026), fiscal year 2026 ($63,705.53, awarded October 1, 2025), and fiscal year 2025 ($42,067.99, awarded October 1, 2024), all delivered in Jonesville, Virginia. The county is the sole-source provider of utility and waste management services to the facility. Secondary federal exposure flows through grant recipiency. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) funded a $33.425 million Project Grant under the Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002) to Lee County, awarded October 1, 2025, for community infrastructure improvements with completion targeted September 30, 2028. A prior $875,000 ARC project grant (CFDA 23.002) completed September 30, 2025. The Federal Aviation Administration's Eastern Region has issued multiple project grants funding runway reconstruction, guidance sign installation, lighting rehabilitation, and NAVAID replacement at Jonesville Airport; one award (September 13, 2023, completion September 12, 2027) funds 84.5% of phase two construction, and a second award on the same date funds the remaining 15.5% eligible portion. Lee County also received American Rescue Plan Act and Coronavirus Relief supplemental funding for airport operations and pandemic response (awarded December 29, 2021, completion December 28, 2025).

Lee County participates as a subrecipient on federal workforce development and social services grants. The Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement channels Department of Labor Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds to Lee County for dislocated worker services, adult employment training, and youth workforce development; recent WIOA sub-awards include notice of obligation dated October 21, 2025, allocating formula funds for dislocated worker and adult programs, and a July 18, 2025 sub-award allocating $60,000 for employer-led upskilling in high-demand sectors. The Virginia Department of Social Services allocates multiple local budget allocations and quarterly appropriations to Lee County on a recurring quarterly cycle. Lee County additionally administers victim services grant sub-awards from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, including the Lee County Victim/Witness Program and the Lee County VSTOP (victim/sexual assault prevention) program targeting domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking case follow-up investigations.

Customer concentration is extreme and skewed toward the penitentiary. The top five funding agencies account for 65% of awards; the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons penitentiary alone represents 56 of 156 total awards across prime and sub. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (19 awards, likely social services allocations channeled through Virginia state intermediaries), the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (13 awards under WIOA programs), the Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region (7 awards for airport improvements), and the Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Service (6 awards) round out the active set. Two parent vehicles anchor task-order work: indefinite delivery contract DJBP011700000034 (17 task orders, $7.1 million combined potential value) under Bureau of Prisons, and indefinite delivery contract JX00C317 (8 task orders, $46.3 million combined potential value), which likely represents the ARC infrastructure grant and related infrastructure financing. Award volume grew year over year from four awards in 2022 to twenty-four in 2024, declining to sixteen in 2025 and four through October 2026. Recompete exposure is minimal: only four awards (combined potential value $65 thousand) complete within the next twenty-four months.

The county's work portfolio is concentrated in utilities and waste management. Top NAICS codes include Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (43 awards), Sewage Treatment Facilities (15 awards), and Solid Waste Landfill (15 awards), with top PSC codes reflecting utilities water ($29 awards) and utilities other ($27 awards). Lee County carries a subsidiary named County of Lee, also designated as a U.S. local government entity. The source does not indicate a parent entity; Lee County Board of Supervisors operates as the parent awardee.