County Of Sampson

County Of Sampson, a North Carolina county government entity headquartered in Clinton, acts as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting drinking water infrastructure, transportation services for seniors and persons with disabilities, and emergency management planning. The county operates as a grant recipient rather than a federal contractor and does not hold seats on federal contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of grant work, with 81% of recent awards held as a prime recipient and 19% distributed among sub-recipients.

The county's grant portfolio concentrates heavily in social services and health programs. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 leads both award count (16 awards, $959 thousand combined potential value) and dollar share, accounting for 75% of combined potential value across all awards and anchoring the portfolio's long-term care and disability-services orientation. The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region, the Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families together round out the top five customers by both count and value. The category concentration shows 32 awards in Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities, 17 awards under Nursing Home, Long-Term & Adult Day Care Services PSC codes, and 10 awards under Social Rehabilitation, indicating a sustained focus on aging and disability-service grant programs. Recent work includes a $1 million cooperative agreement with EPA Region 4 under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) for engineering and design planning of drinking water infrastructure in the Old Warsaw and Old Mintz areas, with completion scheduled for January 31, 2027. The county also distributes sub-grants to its Aviation Division for airfield lighting and signage improvements, apron pavement rehabilitation, and to other sub-recipients for transportation services operating assistance and capital funding.

Sampson County's award activity remains modest and episodic — two awards in 2021 and 2022, one in 2023, five in 2024, and four through mid-2026 — with a combined potential value of $1.3 million against $21.2 million in obligated dollars, indicating that the source captures incomplete award-history data or that obligated amounts significantly exceed potential-value estimates on older grants. The county places task orders under three named vehicles: an Indefinite Delivery Contract (V246P01133) with 15 task orders ($228 thousand combined potential value) and two Veterans Affairs Basic Ordering Agreements (VA24615G0017 and VA246BO0127) with 5 task orders each ($173 thousand and $143 thousand respectively). Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.