Jo Daviess County

Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office, a U.S. government entity and county law enforcement agency based in Galena, Illinois, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and a prime contractor on purchase orders for law enforcement services, with no set-aside designations across its federal work.

The vendor's federal footprint centers on law enforcement and public safety service delivery. As a prime contractor, Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office holds two purchase orders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for law enforcement services at Blanding Landing Recreation Area in Hanover, Illinois — a $6,627.18 firm fixed-price order awarded March 14, 2023, with completion September 6, 2025, and a $11,216.66 firm fixed-price order awarded May 15, 2026, with completion May 14, 2029. As a grant recipient, the vendor received a FY24 COPS Office Technology and Equipment Program (TEP) project grant from the Community Oriented Policing Program to develop and acquire law enforcement equipment and interoperable communications technology to increase community policing capacity and crime prevention.

Customer concentration is narrow and highly specialized. The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers accounts for 11 of 21 total awards (52%) across both Engineering District Rock Island and general Corps operations, with combined potential value of $46 thousand. The Department of Justice, represented through the Community Oriented Policing Program and the Bureau of Prisons, anchors the grant and specialized contracting work. The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Illinois Department of Transportation appear in the sub-grant portfolio. Work-category concentration reflects the vendor's operational mission — Police Protection (10 awards), Fire Protection (1 award), and Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (1 award) dominate NAICS coding; PSC categories include Support-Professional services (7 awards) and Physical Security and Badging (3 awards).

In its sub-recipient role, Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office participates in federal grants managed by the Illinois Department of Transportation (State and Community Highway Safety/National Priority Safety Program Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program, awarded October 1, 2025) and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, awarded September 8, 2025). The vendor also appears as a sub-recipient under federal Section 5311 Formula Grants for Rural Areas (awarded July 7, 2023, August 19, 2024, and August 18, 2025) and federal paratransit vehicle acquisition grants (awarded March 3, 2025).

Activity shows recent acceleration from one award in 2021 to six in 2025, though the combined potential value of $60 thousand across 21 awards reflects the modest, operational scale of the vendor's federal engagement. Obligated dollars ($2.3 million) significantly exceed potential value, indicating heavy invoicing against low ceiling-valued purchase orders — characteristic of routine law enforcement staffing and equipment support rather than higher-value systems or programs.