Sussex County Council

Sussex County Council, a U.S. local government entity based in Georgetown, Delaware, is a federal grant recipient managing airport infrastructure, rural water and waste disposal systems, and community development projects across multiple federal grant programs as a prime recipient (79% of awards) and as a sub-recipient routed through the State of Delaware (21% of awards).

Sussex County Council's federal footprint centers on Federal Aviation Administration airport infrastructure grants through the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106, 20.116, and 20.117) and rural infrastructure grants from the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (CFDA 10.760). Recent prime grant work includes a $2.51 million FAA project grant awarded September 18, 2025, funding Phase 3 construction of 630 feet of a new 4,500-foot Taxiway B at Georgetown Airport (completion September 17, 2029); a $1.05 million FAA project grant awarded March 24, 2026, for runway extension work at the same airport (completion March 23, 2030); and a $301,000 FAA project grant awarded April 29, 2026, for Phase 1 design of two new 400-foot general aviation taxilanes (completion April 28, 2030). The vendor also holds a $380,000 Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service project grant from September 28, 2023, for water and waste disposal systems serving rural communities in Sussex County. As a sub-recipient, Sussex County Council receives pass-through funding from the State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control for sanitary sewer system projects serving communities including Warwick Park and Briarwood Estates, and receives sub-awards from the State of Delaware and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security for emergency management and housing rehabilitation activities.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to federal transportation and rural development agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 80% of recent awards: the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (13 awards), the Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (17 awards), the Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service (8 awards), the Environmental Protection Agency Region 3 (6 awards), and the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region (13 awards). Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $118.4 million across seventy-one total prime and sub awards. Activity has remained modest but steady, with one award reaching completion in the next twenty-four months. Sussex County Council operates through a subsidiary structure that includes the County of Sussex, a non-profit organization, which holds grants. The vendor demonstrates repeat-recipient capacity in managing phased FAA airport infrastructure projects spanning multiple fiscal years and coordinated sub-award pass-throughs from state environmental and emergency management agencies.