Florida Department Of Health

The Florida Department of Health, Office of Deputy Secretary For Operations Division, a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Tallahassee, is a prime recipient of federal grants and federal contractor delivering public health laboratory services, newborn screening, disease surveillance, nutrition program administration, and emergency preparedness and response support to seventy-seven distinct federal agencies. The division operates as a pass-through entity for formula grants flowing federal nutrition, maternal-child health, early intervention, and disease prevention dollars to county health departments, school districts, nonprofits, and university partners across Florida.

The division's federal footprint splits heavily toward grant work: 916 of 991 recent awards (92%) are prime grants or contracts, with 75 sub-awards (8%) flowing through state-level interagency partners such as the Florida Department of Children and Families, Division of Emergency Management, and Department of Legal Affairs. Across the past five years, award volume has ranged from forty to sixty annually, with recent trajectory flat to declining (sixty awards in 2022 down to twenty-two through mid-2026). Combined potential value across all awards stands at $45.2 million, though obligated dollars total $25.58 billion—a ratio reflecting the division's role as administrator of massive federal entitlement nutrition programs (WIC, Child Nutrition, CACFP) that flow through to beneficiaries statewide rather than representing direct service delivery.

Customer concentration centers on health and social programs funders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention leads by award count (121 awards), followed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (100 awards) and three distinct Food and Nutrition Service line items aggregating 194 awards. The Department of Homeland Security's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office ranks highest by potential value ($1.8 million across thirty awards), driven by BioWatch program laboratory support contracts. Together the top five customers account for 415 awards (42% coverage), signaling narrow customer concentration in federal public health and nutrition authorities.

Concrete capability framing emerges from the award portfolio: the division delivers newborn screening services (NAICS 621512, Medical Laboratories) to military treatment facilities at Naval Hospital Jacksonville and Guantanamo Bay under an indefinite delivery contract with the Defense Health Agency—a $1.053 million annual order awarded in May 2026 for services through October 2031. It provides enumeration-at-birth and race/ethnicity records services to the Social Security Administration ($7.39 million firm fixed price, runs through June 2029). It operates BioWatch laboratory support across public health facilities in Tallahassee and other metropolitan areas, with recurring $100,000 purchase orders from the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office (most recent award September 2026). It administers $361.696 million in WIC food expense formula grants (October 2025 through September 2026) and $287.203 million in National School Lunch Program reimbursements, passing those dollars to school districts and nonprofits. It delivers early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities under a $31.155 million formula grant from the Department of Education's Special Education-Grants for Infants and Families program (CFDA 84.181, awarded July 2026 through September 2027). It holds cooperative agreements with CDC for disease surveillance including HIV prevention ($1.034 million, five-year award effective September 2025), tuberculosis elimination ($5-year term through December 2029), and sexually transmitted disease surveillance (five-year term through September 2029).

The division holds no named parent vehicles—its two top parent IDCs (Indefinite Delivery Contracts N6264516D5020 and N6264521D5002) carry minimal combined potential value ($1.945 million across 18 task orders) and likely represent military healthcare delivery contracts. Set-aside posture is not applicable; awards carry no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB designations, reflecting the recipient's status as a state government entity ineligible for SBA set-asides.

Within the next twenty-four months, sixty-two awards with combined potential value $5.6 million reach ultimate completion, representing moderate recompete exposure concentrated in disease surveillance, nutrition administration, and newborn screening renewal cycles. The division's sub-award footprint routes federal funds to the Florida Department of Children and Families for child care licensing and extended health services, to county health departments and emergency management authorities for disaster response (sub-awards to State Division of Emergency Management fund medical care, emergency protective measures, and labor costs), and to the Association of Public Health Laboratories for influenza sequencing and respiratory virus surveillance strengthening. Recent emergency response work flows through Division of Emergency Management as prime grantee, with FDOH's Office of Deputy Secretary for Operations acting as a sub-recipient for disaster-related medical support and workforce augmentation.