County Of Winnebago

County Of Winnebago operates as a U.S. local government entity based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, functioning as a federal grant recipient (80% of recent awards) and occasionally as a contract prime in support of local public health, public safety, substance abuse prevention, and infrastructure initiatives. The county is not a commercial vendor and does not hold SBA certifications; it competes in full-and-open federal grant competitions and receives direct federal funding through state pass-through arrangements.

The county's award footprint is heavily concentrated in social services and health administration. Grant recipients include the county's Health Department, Sheriff's Office, Parks Department, and District Attorney's Office. Recent prime grant work includes a $4.4 million Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant (CFDA 14.905) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, effective March 1, 2026 through March 1, 2030, to conduct lead-based paint hazard identification and control in pre-1960 housing units in Oshkosh targeting low-income families with children under six. The county also holds an $833,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative (CFDA 16.812), awarded October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, to establish a Solutions Peer Response Team providing recovery coaches, medication-assisted treatment (Vivitrol), and substance use disorder screening within the local jail. Additional representative prime grants include a Department of Justice grant funding the purchase of three search-and-rescue airboats for the Sheriff's Office and a Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service project grant for reconstruction and expansion of the Grundman Boat Landing on Lake Winnebago, which includes parking, dock, ADA facilities, and dredging work.

The county's contract footprint is narrow. Two fixed-price delivery orders with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 account for the reported $2.5 million in combined potential value — $192,294 (October 1, 2021 ultimate completion December 31, 2022) and $82,330 (April 1, 2023 ultimate completion September 30, 2023) — both for quarterly and annual express reports detailing costs associated with healthcare services provided to veterans through the VA's Veterans Health Administration.

Customer concentration is fragmented across 31 distinct federal agencies. The top five agencies account for 48% of award count: the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (35 awards), the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (19 awards), the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (17 awards, $2.5 million combined potential value), the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance (12 awards), and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (10 awards). The bulk of awards flow through state pass-through vehicles — Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Wisconsin Department of Children & Families channels — rather than direct federal contracting. The county holds two Basic Ordering Agreements with the VA (VA69D16G0025 with 9 task orders, $1.2 million; VA69DBO0198 with 6 task orders, $1 million combined potential value).

Activity grew substantially from 2022 through 2024 — 12 awards in 2022 to 63 in 2024 — before moderating to 41 awards in 2025 and 5 awards year-to-date in 2026. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal recompete exposure in that window. The county receives the majority of its federal funding as a sub-recipient rather than a prime, with 80% of awards routed through state intermediate grantees. Work is characterized by nursing care services (17 awards under NAICS Nursing Care Facilities), child welfare administration, substance abuse and mental health services, public health infrastructure, and emergency management — all delivered locally within Winnebago County and subordinate county departments.