Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade County, a large urban county serving over 2.7 million residents in the Miami metropolitan area, operates as a comprehensive local government entity providing essential public services to its community and partnering extensively with federal agencies. Through its Controller Division and affiliated departments, Miami-Dade County has established itself as a reliable federal contractor and grant recipient, managing complex federal awards across multiple agencies including the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. The county's federal award portfolio demonstrates significant capability in delivering critical services ranging from public housing management to emergency response, infrastructure maintenance, and healthcare services.

Through federal contract awards, Miami-Dade County has provided diverse services to federal agencies without set-aside designations. The county has served as the prime contractor for the Drug Enforcement Administration, providing radio tower site leases from its Stephen P. Clark Government Center location to support DEA communications operations in Miami, with contracts valued at approximately $1,400 annually. Miami-Dade County has also provided substantial solid waste management services to federal correctional and detention facilities, including the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Miami and Federal Detention Center Miami, with purchase orders ranging from $67,000 to $76,000 to support ongoing facility operations. Additionally, the county's subsidiary, the Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County (operating as Jackson Memorial Hospital), has been awarded multiple contracts for emergency medical services and transport to the Federal Detention Center Miami, with individual contracts ranging from $1,000 to $25,000, reflecting the county's integrated approach to federal service delivery. The county also received a $172,000 firm fixed-price definitive contract from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for FY 2024 fiscal compliance services. Furthermore, Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Financial Management Division received a $74,734 purchase order from the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection for fire range services at the Miami location. Notable specialized healthcare services include a $778,630 definitive contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration's National Hansen's Disease Program Clinical Research Center awarded to Jackson Memorial Hospital, providing outpatient Hansen's disease diagnosis, screening, treatment, and case management throughout the United States, representing a five-and-a-half-year engagement with base and option periods.

Through federal grant awards, Miami-Dade County demonstrates extensive engagement across housing, homelessness, and community development initiatives. The county has received substantial Public Housing Operating Fund formula grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Public and Indian Housing Office, with multiple awards totaling millions of dollars across 2025-2032 to support day-to-day operational and maintenance expenses for public housing serving approximately 1.59 million residents across 902,436 households. Miami-Dade County received a $21.7 million Public Housing Capital Fund formula grant for public housing modernization, development, and management improvement activities across its public housing inventory. The county has been awarded multiple Continuum of Care Program grants from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, with numerous project grants ranging from $200,000 to over $7 million to support permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention efforts. Additionally, Miami-Dade County received a $4.7 million HOME Investment Partnerships Program formula grant and a $1.09 million Emergency Solutions Grant to address homelessness and housing instability through street outreach, emergency shelter operations, and rapid re-housing assistance. The county received a $1.44 million Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program grant to develop coordinated approaches to preventing and ending youth homelessness. Sub-grant awards flow through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management and Florida Department of Commerce, supporting disaster recovery debris removal, emergency protective measures, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), and safe routes to schools initiatives across multiple county departments and locations. These diverse grants enable Miami-Dade County to provide essential housing and community development services to vulnerable populations throughout the metropolitan area.

Miami-Dade County holds one federal contract indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Blanket Purchase Agreement vehicle awarded by the Department of the Air Force Reserve Command, with a $50,000 ceiling value and performance period through June 2026. Under this single-award IDV, the County of Miami-Dade serves as the prime contractor for monitoring and analysis of mosquito surveillance data and conducting ground spraying and fogging operations at Homestead Air Reserve Base. This specialized public health protection service directly supports the operational readiness and personnel safety mission of the Air Force Reserve facility by managing mosquito populations and mitigating potential health risks. The IDV structure allows the county to provide responsive, ongoing support for pest control monitoring and intervention activities critical to maintaining the base's operational environment, demonstrating the county's capability to deliver specialized technical services to Department of Defense installations.