Massachusetts Department Of Public Health

Massachusetts Department Of Public Health, a U.S. state government entity operating as a child agency of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acts as a prime recipient and contractor delivering public health regulatory services, disease surveillance, vital statistics data collection, and grant administration to federal agencies across 73 distinct customer organizations. The department competes in full-and-open procurements with no set-asides, operating 962 prime awards (98% of recent activity) against 19 sub-awards across contracts and grants.

The department's concrete capability portfolio centers on disease surveillance and epidemiological data services, laboratory testing and food safety inspections, vital statistics and birth-death-marriage records management, and grant administration for federally funded public health programs. Representative contract work includes a $9.1 million indefinite delivery contract with the Food and Drug Administration through September 2029 for statewide tobacco inspection and compliance services involving retail inspections in Boston; a $4.6 million single-award IDC with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics for vital statistics cooperative program services; a $903,553 delivery order from FDA for tobacco inspection and compliance in Massachusetts; and a $527,424 CDC delivery order for vital statistics data collection and analysis. Recent grant work spans $2 million from SAMHSA for substance use prevention capacity building across Massachusetts (CFDA 93.492), $10.4 million from HRSA for maternal and infant home visiting services in 18 communities (CFDA 93.870), and $91.6 million from USDA Food and Nutrition Service for WIC program administration and food expenses (CFDA 10.557).

Customer concentration is acute and concentrated in health and human services agencies. The CDC Pittsburgh office, FDA, CMS, and HRSA dominate the award count and dollar rankings, with CDC Pittsburgh alone representing 48 awards valued at $43.3 million in combined potential value. The top five customer agencies account for approximately 36% of recent awards; by potential value, CDC Pittsburgh, FDA, and Social Security Administration (for enumeration-at-birth and death records services) anchor the portfolio. This concentration reflects the department's core mission as a state health authority executing federal public health infrastructure and surveillance responsibilities.

The department holds parent vehicles including Basic Ordering Agreement HHSD200201250822I (11 task orders, $3 million potential value) and multiple single-award and multiple-award IDCs with CDC, FDA, and SSA for ongoing surveillance, inspection, laboratory, and vital records services. Recent activity shows modest decline—35 awards in 2025 and 13 awards year-to-date in 2026 compared to 44 in 2024—with 61 awards (combined potential value $4.7 million) facing ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating near-term recompete exposure across CDC, FDA, and SSA partnerships.

SCI-reported invoicing reached $1.4 million across 8.2 FTEs in FY2023, declining to zero in FY2024 and FY2025; the data reflects service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold only and exclude goods, products, and non-federal revenue. On the reported federal service contracts, median government-paid rates ran around $67.84 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $102.17 per hour. The department performs service delivery internally—zero average sub-hours share across prime contracts—rather than through subcontractors, and operates without reliance on subcontractor capacity.

Grant sub-recipients include Tufts University (research oversight on maternal outcomes studies), the Association of Public Health Laboratories (influenza sequencing), Baystate Medical Center (opioid innovation networks), and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (school nutrition and student support programs). The department typically operates as a state agency sub-recipient under CDC, HRSA, SAMHSA, and USDA grants, distributing portions of federal funding to local health departments, community health centers, and nonprofit organizations across Massachusetts to deliver direct services in nutrition, substance abuse treatment, maternal health, early intervention, and infectious disease response. Federal grant awards obligate $8.84 billion across all awards—a figure substantially larger than combined potential value on contracts, reflecting multi-year entitlement and formula grants that constitute the bulk of the department's federal footprint and revenue base.