New Jersey Department Of Health

The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH), a division of the State of New Jersey, operates as a state government entity delivering vital statistics collection, tobacco and food retail inspections, laboratory services, and public health surveillance and prevention programs to federal agencies as a prime recipient of federal contracts and grants. NJDOH competes in full-and-open procurements without set-asides, drawing from its mandate as the state's principal public health authority. The agency holds no exclusive vehicles but sits on multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the CDC, FDA, and Social Security Administration, generating the bulk of its federal footprint through formula grants and cooperative agreements in public health, nutrition assistance, maternal and child health, and emergency preparedness.

Federal contracting with NJDOH centers on narrowly scoped, state-specific work. The Food and Drug Administration issued a $2.0 million delivery order in May 2026 for tobacco retail inspection services in New Jersey (extending through May 2027) under an FDA indefinite delivery contract. The CDC Pittsburgh awarded a $615,756 delivery order in January 2026 for vital statistics data collection and reporting under the National Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, a single-award IDC valued at $5.0 million covering vital records work in Trenton and other locations. The Social Security Administration issued a $3.5 million option-period purchase order in June 2024 for enumeration at birth and race-and-ethnicity records collection in New Jersey (extending through June 2029). NJDOH also holds a $1.5 million FDA definitive contract awarded August 2023 for human food inspections. These contracts reflect the department's role as the state's delegated inspector and data steward for federal regulatory and vital statistics programs. Place of performance is consistently Trenton, New Jersey, with subordinate work sites including Durham, North Carolina, and field inspection locations across New Jersey counties.

Federal grant footprint dominates NJDOH's dollar volume. The department is a primary recipient under the WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (CFDA 10.557), holding multiple formula grants totaling over $137.0 million in fiscal 2025–2026 for food benefits, administrative expenses, and breastfeeding peer counselor services. The department sub-awards WIC funds to 16 local implementing entities including county health departments, municipalities, and non-profit organizations statewide. NJDOH also receives formula grants under the Department of Agriculture's Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program, collectively supporting nutrition assistance infrastructure across New Jersey's 21 counties. Under CFDA 10.578 (WIC Grants to States), NJDOH received $417,983 in September 2025 for WIC National Infrastructure improvements through 2027. Under the Department of Education's Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C (CFDA 84.181), the department received $14.17 million in July 2025 to establish and maintain statewide early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities (birth through age three) with sub-awards to regional implementing agencies. The Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (CFDA 93.994) provided $18.78 million in October 2025 for maternal and child health system improvements; the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (CFDA 93.870) provided $15.05 million in September 2025 for evidence-based home visiting in at-risk communities, expanding to all 21 New Jersey counties. Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA, CFDA 14.241) provided $1.85 million in a formula grant (January 2026) and $1.24 million in a project grant (May 2026) for housing and supportive services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

Cooperative agreements and surveillance work anchor NJDOH's disease prevention portfolio. The CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS awarded a $1.796 million five-year cooperative agreement in September 2025 for the Medical Monitoring Project, collecting behavioral and clinical data on adults living with HIV through partnership with North Jersey AIDS Alliance Inc. The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion awarded a $1.37 million five-year cooperative agreement (August 2025) for colorectal cancer screening in federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), with sub-awards to Camcare Health Corporation and Ocean Health Initiatives, Inc. The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases awarded a multi-year cooperative agreement (July 2025) for strengthening vaccine-preventable disease prevention and response. The SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Treatment awarded a cooperative agreement in September 2023 for opioid overdose reversal and linkage to care targeting four high-burden counties (Camden, Essex, Atlantic, Passaic). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion funded the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (CFDA, five-year cooperative agreement August 2024) and supported colorectal cancer screening, diabetes prevention, cardiovascular health, asthma outcomes, and maternal mortality review initiatives. EPA Region 2 awarded cooperative agreements for continuing environmental programs addressing lead-based paint and asbestos (extending through 2027). OJJDP's Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $1.99 million project grant in October 2024 for the HelpMe app and school violence prevention training in up to 78 school districts.

Customer concentration reflects NJDOH's state-level mandate. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service leads award count at 110 awards (primarily WIC formula grants), followed by the CDC (103 awards, predominantly cooperative agreements and vital statistics contracts) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (64 awards). FDA ranks high by potential value ($39.6 million across 26 awards) due to the $2.0 million tobacco inspection delivery order and $1.5 million food inspection definitive contract. CDC Pittsburgh accounted for $22.6 million across 34 awards. Social Security Administration placed 29 awards (enumeration and electronic death records work) valued at $16.3 million combined. The top five funding sources account for approximately 40 percent of awards but a lower share of potential value, reflecting the broad distribution of formula grants at moderate per-award magnitude.

Activity has remained steady. Awards per year averaged 29–41 over the past five fiscal years; 2026 shows only seven awards recorded to date (source current as of July 15, 2026) indicating data lag. Across all sources, 67 awards face completion within the next 24 months (combined potential value $4.4 million), creating moderate recompete exposure in vital statistics, food safety, and surveillance contracts. Obligated dollars ($10.16 billion) dwarf potential value ($242.8 million), reflecting NJDOH's role in distributing federal food benefits and pass-through funding to sub-recipients; the overhead ratio signals that the source data captures cumulative benefit disbursements rather than service contractor margins.

NJDOH holds no contract vehicles of its own. Top parent vehicles include single-award Social Security Administration indefinite delivery contracts (IDC SS000660065, 11 task orders, $585 thousand) for enumeration and electronic death records, and FDA basic ordering agreements and indefinite delivery contracts for tobacco and food inspections (BOA HHSD200201250831I, 9 task orders, $3.3 million). Vehicle concentration is low; NJDOH occupies niche roles on federal-state partnership vehicles rather than occupying seats on government-wide acquisition contracts.

NAICS concentration reflects public health administration. The top category is Administration of Public Health Programs (80 awards), followed by Computing Infrastructure Providers and Data Processing (47 awards, capturing vital statistics and surveillance databases). Testing Laboratories and Services (15 awards) includes lab sample analysis work. PSC codes similarly show support-administrative and data collection work dominating, consistent with vital records, surveillance, and food safety inspection roles.