Mississippi Military Department

Mississippi Military Department, doing business as Executive Office Of The State Of Mississippi, is a U.S. state government entity that provides temporary lodging, billeting, maid services, cleaning, and facilities maintenance to the Department of the Army, Mississippi National Guard, and Air National Guard as a prime contractor under blanket purchase agreements and purchase orders. The department operates 99% of its recent federal awards as prime (818 of 826 awards) with no set-aside designations, performing work at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center and Camp McCain Training Center in Mississippi, as well as at multiple National Guard installations across the state.

Mississippi Military Department's customer base is almost entirely Army and National Guard focused. The Department of the Army Mississippi Army National Guard accounts for 373 awards with $7.1 million combined potential value, while the Department of the Army carries 286 awards with $2 million combined potential value — together representing 71% of recent awards and 87% of potential value. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command, Department of the Army Louisiana Army National Guard, and Department of the Air Force Air National Guard round out the active set. Award volume has grown substantially: 26 awards in 2022 to a peak of 148 in 2024, with 71 awards in 2025 and 4 in the first half of 2026 (reflecting the early-year lag in source reporting).

The department's work sits almost entirely on single-award Blanket Purchase Agreements. Its top five parent vehicles are BPA W9127Q16A0005 (154 task orders, $982 thousand combined potential value), BPA W9127Q21A0001 (98 task orders, $752 thousand combined potential value), BPA W9127Q22A0001 (66 task orders, $164 thousand combined potential value), BPA W9127Q17A0001 (45 task orders, $95 thousand combined potential value), and BPA W9127Q25AA001 (38 task orders, $408 thousand combined potential value). Recent individual task orders exemplify the scope: a $262,080 Mississippi National Guard purchase order for maid service and billeting at Camp Shelby from June through November 2024; a $34,202 Army Sustainment Command BPA call for temporary lodging at Camp Shelby from May 16-30, 2026; and a $24,878 Department of the Army BPA call for maid service and billeting for the 1-185th Aviation Battalion at Camp Shelby from May 1-15, 2026. All recent contract work is firm fixed-price with no set-aside category applied.

Beyond contracts, Mississippi Military Department receives substantial federal grant funding under the National Guard Military Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Projects program (CFDA 12.401) as a cooperative agreement recipient. As of October 2025, the department holds 33 active cooperative agreements totaling over $120 million for the October 2025–September 2026 performance period, funding Army National Guard and Air National Guard facilities programs, security, environmental management, aviation maintenance, fire protection, administrative services, youth challenge programs, and related sustainment and restoration work. These are Congressionally directed, non-discretionary awards flowing directly to the state rather than competed through an open application process. The department also receives sub-grant pass-through awards from the Mississippi Department of Education under the Child Nutrition Program block (Child and Adult Care Food Program).

The department is a division of the State of Mississippi under the Mississippi Development Authority parent structure, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi. Category concentration shows heavy specialization in hotels and motels (503 awards) and lodging-related services under PSC codes for transportation/travel/lodging (408 awards) and lease/rental of troop housing (78 awards), reflecting its primary mission of providing temporary housing and housekeeping support to military training activities and mobilizations across Mississippi state military installations.