State Of Mississippi

The State of Mississippi, through its Mississippi Development Authority Division, is a U.S. government entity registered with SAM.gov since March 1, 2002, serving as the state's lead economic and community development agency. The entity encompasses multiple divisions and subsidiaries including the Mississippi Military Department, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (Bureau of Plant Industry), Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Mississippi State Department of Health, and various other state agencies. Through federal contracts and grants, the State of Mississippi provides critical infrastructure support, military readiness services, agricultural pest surveillance, workforce development, environmental remediation, public health emergency response, and community development services to advance economic growth, environmental protection, and social welfare across the state.

The State of Mississippi has provided extensive services through federal contract awards, primarily focused on military support operations and food services. The Mississippi Military Department, a division of the State of Mississippi, has been the primary contract recipient, executing numerous firm fixed-price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call orders and purchase orders with the Department of the Army and Mississippi National Guard for billeting services, temporary lodging, maid services, quarters cleaning, and facilities maintenance at military training facilities including Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center and Camp McCain Training Center. Contract values have ranged from several hundred dollars to over $262,000 for individual orders and larger purchase orders, with no set-aside designations applied to these awards. Additionally, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, operating under the Mississippi Development Authority umbrella, has received substantial delivery order contracts from the Mississippi National Guard for food service and dining facility operations at Camp Shelby, with contract values reaching $233,756.45 and supporting military training exercises and regular operations. These contracts typically employ a firm fixed-price structure and are awarded without small business set-asides, reflecting the state's established capacity to deliver these essential services consistently.

The State of Mississippi has received substantial federal grant funding across multiple program areas and funding agencies, demonstrating the entity's role in state economic development, agricultural protection, public health, workforce development, and environmental stewardship. The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce has received multiple Cooperative Agreement grants from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for exotic pest surveys, cogongrass control, imported fire ant compliance monitoring, and infrastructure improvements to detect and respond to invasive pests threatening agricultural and forest resources. The Mississippi State Department of Health has been awarded grants from the Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water infrastructure improvements serving small and underserved communities, from the Food and Nutrition Service for TEFAP administration and WIC program support, and from the National Center for HIV/AIDS for public health emergency preparedness and response capabilities. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has received grants from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service for sport fish restoration, coastal habitat research, and estuarine research reserve capacity building. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security and Mississippi Department of Human Services have received formula and project grants from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration for workforce development, unemployment insurance administration, WIOA youth services, and disaster recovery employment assistance, while also receiving grants from the Department of Agriculture for SNAP and nutrition assistance programs. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality has received grants from the Department of the Treasury under the RESTORE Act for Gulf Coast economic restoration and workforce development projects, from the Environmental Protection Agency for brownfields assessment and remediation, and from NOAA for estuarine habitat restoration planning. Additional grants have been awarded by the Department of Defense for procurement technical assistance through the APEX Accelerator program, by the National Park Service for battlefield land acquisition, and by various other federal agencies supporting fire training, broadband deployment planning, digital equity initiatives, and specialized programs such as apprenticeship development and certified community behavioral health clinic demonstration projects.

The State of Mississippi holds prime federal contract IDV vehicles that serve as master agreements enabling efficient procurement of essential services across military installations and training centers. The Mississippi Military Department maintains a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Department of the Army valued at $500,000 with an ultimate completion date of April 8, 2026, providing billeting services including temporary lodging, maid services, cleaning of barracks and quarters, and facilities maintenance support at military training sites such as Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center and Camp McCain Training Center. This BPA enables the Army to issue firm fixed-price call orders on an as-needed basis without executing individual contracts for each requirement, streamlining procurement for training exercises and National Guard unit mobilizations. The Mississippi Military Department holds two additional BPA contracts with the Army valued at $250,000 and $1,000,000 respectively for similar billeting and facilities support services. These contract vehicles, which employ no set-aside designations, demonstrate the federal government's confidence in the Mississippi Military Department's ability to consistently deliver high-quality infrastructure and operational support services critical to military readiness across the state. The BPA structure has proven effective for the Department of the Army, as evidenced by the numerous call orders issued throughout 2024, ranging from orders supporting medical detachments to larger-scale training unit mobilizations requiring dozens of rooms and multiple nights of lodging services.