Department Of Public Health Illinois

Department Of Public Health Illinois, a division of the State of Illinois, operates as a federal prime recipient and contractor delivering vital statistics data collection and management, disease surveillance, environmental health regulation, and public health emergency preparedness services across HHS, CDC, EPA, SSA, and FDA. The agency competes full-and-open with no set-aside designations and holds 662 prime awards (92% of recent activity) alongside 55 sub-awards, with headquarters in Springfield and seven regional offices plus three laboratories serving all 102 Illinois counties in partnership with 97 certified local health departments.

Customer concentration runs steep across federal health agencies. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pittsburgh place the largest dollar share by potential value ($29.8 million across 35 awards), followed by the Social Security Administration ($23 million across 32 awards) and CDC's Office of Acquisition Services ($21.3 million across 14 awards). The broader CDC footprint (including all CDC centers and regional offices) anchors 91 of the top-count awards, but the split between award volume and dollar value shows SSA concentrates dollars in fewer, larger contracts—particularly Enumeration at Birth and Electronic Death Records work. Combined obligated dollars across all awards run $7.16 billion against $609.5 million potential value, a signature pattern of state government health agencies holding long-term, annually-recurring grants and cooperative agreements with substantial multi-year payouts against modest task-order ceilings.

Representative contract work includes a $3.77 million definitive contract with the Food and Drug Administration for human food inspections across Illinois (awarded September 30, 2026, running through September 2031), a $5.24 million Social Security Administration purchase order for Enumeration at Birth and race and ethnicity records services (exercising option period 2, extending through June 2029), and a $785,124 CDC delivery order under the National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Cooperative Program (recurring annually under a $7.85 million single-award IDV running through April 2027). A $100,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency purchase order provides BioWatch laboratory technical and management support (awarded September 27, 2026, through September 2027). The recipient also holds a CDC Pittsburgh contract vehicle generating delivery orders valued at $785,124 each, issued on firm fixed-price basis for vital records data collection and management work.

Federal grant footprint spans 40+ active recipients with dollar magnitudes reflecting the agency's core mission. Recent significant grants include a $64.16 million Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau (CFDA 93.994, awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027), a $3.81 million Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant from CDC (CFDA 93.991, awarded September 30, 2026, through September 30, 2027), a $3.72 million cooperative agreement for the Medical Monitoring Project under HIV Prevention and Surveillance Activities (CFDA 93.940, awarded September 30, 2025, five-year term through September 29, 2030), a $2.03 million EPA Region 5 Project Grant for voluntary school and child care lead testing and reduction (CFDA 66.444, awarded January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2029), and a $2.58 million HUD formula grant for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program (CFDA 14.241, awarded January 28, 2026, through January 27, 2029). The agency also acts as sub-recipient under prime grants from the Illinois Department of Human Services (refugee assistance awards), the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (rural health transformation), and the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (nurse practitioner resources).

Service Contract Inventory data capture a partial federal services footprint: SCI-reported invoiced revenue of $5.5 million across FY2022–FY2025 (FY2025 showing $1.8 million across 7.8 FTEs), with government-paid rates clustering tight around $99.64/hr median across all prime labor. The agency delivers these services with its own workforce—zero subcontractor hours reported across prime SCI contracts—and FTE trajectory shows steady growth from 5.7 to 7.8 FTEs, signaling scaling of federal service delivery. SCI represents only reportable service contracts above the $150,000 threshold; the much larger grant and cooperative-agreement portfolio dominates the agency's federal footprint by both dollar volume and program scope.

Activity trajectory shows contraction in recent award count (49 awards in 2023, declining to 14 in 2026 year-to-date), but this pattern reflects the multi-year nature of grants and IDVs rather than shrinking federal engagement—40 awards with completion dates inside the next twenty-four months carry $21.1 million combined potential value and face recompete. The agency's primary NAICS concentration sits in Administration of Public Health Programs (96 awards), with secondary activity in Computing Infrastructure and Data Processing (43 awards), reflecting its role as both direct service provider and data steward across federal health surveillance systems.