County Of Schenectady, New York

County Of Schenectady, New York, doing business as Finance General Information, is a U.S. local government entity (Schenectady County) that operates as a federal grant recipient and occasional contract prime, with the bulk of its federal footprint rooted in sub-recipient status under New York State pass-through grants. The county does not hold SBA certifications and competes in full-and-open procurements without set-aside protection. Recent activity spans 257 total awards (prime and sub combined) with 75% sub-recipient status, principally through New York State intermediaries administering federal social services, income assistance, and disaster-relief grants.

The county's federal customer base splits sharply between two rankings. By award count, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families dominates with 73 awards (28% of the portfolio), followed by the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (42 awards, 16%), a second ACF line (26 awards, 10%), the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region (22 awards, 8%), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters (20 awards, 8%), accounting for 71% of total awards. By potential value, however, the Department of the Air Force Air National Guard anchors the rankings with 7 awards valued at $2.9 million combined potential value, while the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection carries $57 thousand across 3 awards. The divergence reflects the county's core revenue model: high-volume, low-dollar sub-awards from HHS and USDA administered through state intermediaries, paired with small-dollar prime contracts in detention and airport services.

On the contract side, the county holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (ceiling $41,409, awarded September 30, 2025, completion July 31, 2030) to provide detention center services for federal detainees across eight locations in Vermont and Northern New York. Two task orders have been issued under this BPA: a $8,100 call and a $7,800 call, both Firm Fixed Price arrangements for full medical care, meal service, and secure custody of adult male and female federal detainees in compliance with applicable standards, with performance in Swanton, Vermont. The original CBP solicitation was a 100% small business set-aside; the county's award and subsequent calls are full-and-open.

Federal grant work clusters around airport infrastructure and social services. The Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region has awarded the county nine project and formula grants totaling approximately $13.6 million (including a $5.7 million formula grant for taxiway and apron reconstruction, a $3.4 million project grant for taxiway rehabilitation, a $693 thousand project grant for airport master plan and drainage study updates, and multiple smaller design-phase grants for airfield guidance signs, taxiway lighting, and pavement rehabilitation at Schenectady County Airport). The Department of Transportation also funded an Air National Guard cooperative agreement (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023) for air traffic control activities at the 109th Airlift Wing. The Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded the county block grants (October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026, and October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027) to support a District Attorney confidential investigator for gang prosecution and crime scene investigation equipment.

The overwhelming majority of the county's federal footprint—194 awards, or 75% of the portfolio—consists of sub-awards routed through New York State intermediaries. The primary passthrough is the New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance, which passes through federal TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families), Child Support Services, and Income Eligibility and Verification System funds to the county for administration of income assistance and child support enforcement. Recent sub-awards under these programs date from June 2022 through August 2026, with award descriptions referencing budget-line codes (2401NYTANF-A, 2501NYTANF-A, 2601NYSCSS, 2601NYICSS) for ongoing operational funding. Additional sub-recipients include the New York State Department of Health (WIC Local Agency Contract awards for nutrition program administration), the New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (emergency management performance grants, state homeland security program funding, emergency feeding, and pandemic relief), the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (delinquency prevention), the New York Office of Victim Services (victim assistance program), and Health Research, Inc. (public health emergency preparedness base funding). One sub-award from the National Children's Alliance funds child sexual abuse center trainings and services.

Activity has accelerated sharply in the past three years, from 5 awards in 2022 to 64 in 2024 and 67 in 2025, with 46 awards already recorded in 2026. This trajectory reflects the county's scaling as a sub-recipient for state-administered federal pass-through programs rather than organic prime-contract growth. Combined obligated dollars across all awards ($104 million) far exceed combined potential value ($3 million), a ratio characteristic of grant and sub-award portfolios where obligated historical disbursements dwarf remaining ceiling value. Only 2 awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, with combined potential value of $8 thousand, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. The category concentration by NAICS points to support services (six awards) and correctional institutions (three awards), with air traffic control tower operation and penal facility lease as the principal PSC drivers. The county operates as an infrastructure and social-services pass-through for federal dollars flowing through state intermediaries, with no material prime contracting footprint outside detention and airport work.