Louisiana Department Of Health

Louisiana Department of Health, operating as the Office of Public Health, is a U.S. state government agency that receives federal grants and contracts as a prime recipient across public health, nutrition assistance, environmental health, and infrastructure programs. The vendor does not compete for federal contracts; it receives direct awards from federal agencies as the state's designated administrator for mandatory federal grant programs including the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs. LDH operates as parent entity to the State of Louisiana and acts almost exclusively as a grant recipient rather than a contract prime (97% of awards are prime, but nearly all are federal grants rather than procurement contracts).

LDH's federal footprint centers on four customer agencies by combined potential value: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (including CDC Pittsburgh), which funds health systems capacity building, vaccine safety programs, and disease surveillance activities; the Social Security Administration, which issues purchase orders for enumeration at birth records and electronic death records services; the Food and Drug Administration, funding human food inspection programs in Louisiana; and the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, administering maternal and child health, HIV care, loan repayment, and emergency preparedness grants. The Environmental Protection Agency ranks fourth by award count (41 awards) with $10.4 million in combined potential value, primarily through Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants for lead service line replacement, emerging contaminant remediation, and public water system supervision. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service carries 61 awards across WIC food expenses, administrative costs, breastfeeding peer counselor services, SNAP administration, and the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program, collectively valued at over $400 million in combined potential value.

LDH's award portfolio spans 683 total awards with a combined potential value of $37.3 million, but obligated dollars across all awards total $6.93 billion—reflecting the massive scale of nutrition and health benefit formula grants flowing through the state. Activity has grown moderately over the past five years, from 29 awards in 2022 to 39 in 2025. The top five customers by award count—CDC, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, HRSA, EPA, and USDA in two separate lines—account for 43% of all awards. Top vehicles by task order volume include Basic Ordering Agreement HHSD200201250818I (9 task orders, $2 million combined potential value) and multiple Single Supplier Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the Social Security Administration for enumeration and death records services. Fifty awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing a combined potential value of $1 million in recompete exposure.

LDH's concrete federal work includes administration of the Louisiana AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), locally known as Louisiana Health Access Program (LA HAP), funded through $5.25 million in HIV Care Formula Grants (CFDA 93.917) supporting medication access and insurance coverage for people with HIV; delivery of evidence-based home visiting services through $12.9 million in Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting grants (CFDA 93.870) implementing Nurse-Family Partnership and Parents as Teachers programs across at-risk parishes; and deployment of $85.46 million in WIC food expenses (CFDA 10.557) providing supplemental nutrition to pregnant women, infants, and children through Louisiana's 64 parishes. LDH also administers $10.43 million in EPA Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants (CFDA 66.468) providing low-interest financing for public water system improvements addressing PFAS and lead contamination, plus $66.58 million in SNAP state administrative costs (CFDA 10.561) supporting the state's nutrition assistance program infrastructure. Federal grant work includes cooperative agreements for epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious diseases (CDC), high-impact HIV prevention and surveillance programs (CDC), tuberculosis elimination (CDC), vaccine-preventable disease prevention (CDC), maternal mortality review (HRSA), and beach water quality monitoring (EPA, CFDA 66.472).

LDH holds single-award IDIQs with the CDC for Health Systems Capacity Program and Vaccine Safety Capacity Program services (ceiling $3.64 million through April 2027, with delivery orders issued annually at $327.768 thousand each). Sub-award work is minimal—only 3% of awards are sub-awards—and recent sub-recipients include Homeland Security & Emergency Management (COVID-19 response and emergency protective measures), Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (telehealth coordination for Louisiana), and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (TANF administration). The vendor competes in no set-aside categories and participates in no competitive procurement vehicles; all awards flow directly as formula grants or direct purchases under existing indefinite delivery agreements reflecting LDH's statutory role as the state's designated recipient and administrator for federal health and nutrition programs. Primary NAICS concentration is 921711 (Administration of Public Health Programs) at 48 awards, followed by 518210 (Computing Infrastructure Providers) at 41 awards, reflecting both direct health administration and data system management responsibilities.