Arizona National Guard

The Department of the Army Arizona Army National Guard is a sub-agency of the Army that sustains military operations and infrastructure for Air National Guard wings based in Arizona through federal contracting and grant funding. The 161st Air Refueling Wing (Phoenix) and 162nd Wing (Tucson/Morris) drive the majority of acquisition activity, supplemented by smaller contracting offices at subordinate bases.

The Arizona Army National Guard has awarded 4,748 federal contracts cumulatively since 1998, with a combined potential value of $233.5 million and $261.3 million obligated. Recent contract volume has declined: 113 awards in 2022, 85 in 2023, 112 in 2024, 76 in 2025, and 26 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded award date is July 19, 2026. Across 1,070 distinct prime contractors, competitive concentration is highly fragmented; the top five primes by award count over the last five years account for only 40 percent of recent awards. Divito's Pizza leads by count with 42 awards, followed by Ecology Mir Group LLC (35 awards) and Elinas Catering LLC (34 awards), all with minimal dollar value. By potential value, the top five represent just 2 percent of combined recent spending, with Cellco Partnership, Tipton JIM L, and HPI Federal LLC in the lead. The portfolio transacts heavily through small purchase orders and commercial acquisitions with no reported potential value recorded against most awards. Set-asides are concentrated: 70 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while 26 percent are small-business set-asides. HUBZone accounts for 3 percent; all other categories (8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB) account for less than 1 percent combined.

The Arizona Army National Guard funds grant activity through two recipients. Since 2015, the agency has awarded 134 cooperative agreements totaling $596.2 million in federal dollars obligated. Recent cadence has been flat: 15 awards in both 2022 and 2023, 15 in 2024, 15 in 2025, and 2 year-to-date in 2026. The Arizona Department of Emergency & Military Affairs dominates grant activity, receiving 60 awards worth $235.6 million—covering 100 percent of recent awards by count and 40 percent of federal dollars. Tucson Airport Authority Inc. received a single award of $720 thousand. All awards are structured as cooperative agreements.

Recent contract solicitations are weighted toward small-business set-asides and sole-source awards. Open opportunities include a communications radio bridge for the 161st Air Refueling Wing (due September 15, 2026, total small business set-aside), office furniture procurement at Building 9 in Tucson (due September 14, 2026, amended four times through Amendment 4, small business set-aside, site visit required), base access repair and refresh work at Goldwater Air National Guard Base (due September 17, 2026, unfunded as of posting, small business set-aside, mandatory site visit September 10, 2026), and a Q-50 Radar System repair pre-solicitation from the 162nd Wing (intended for SRC Tec, Inc sole source, capability statements due September 7, 2026). Additional pre-solicitations include AFREP training curriculum development (162nd Wing, anticipated award September 2026, small business set-aside) and ECS Tester repair (162nd Wing, intended sole source with Howell Instruments Inc, capability statements due August 24, 2026, small business set-aside).