Alaska Region

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Alaska Region, a sub-agency of the Interior Department's land-management bureau responsible for federal resource management and operational support across Alaska's public lands, executes both contract and grant work to sustain field operations and conservation objectives across the state.

The BLM Alaska Region has awarded 4,735 federal contracts totaling $453.4 million in combined potential value since 2002, with $440.6 million obligated. Recent contract volume has declined modestly: 168 awards in 2022, 132 in 2023, 136 in 2024, 138 in 2025, and 126 year-to-date in 2026. Contract competition is highly fragmented, with the top five primes by award count—Maritime Helicopters, Inc. (33 awards), Bering Air, Inc. (23 awards), Tanana Adventure Sports, LLC (20 awards), Fly 4 You, Inc. (17 awards), and Everts Air Fuel, Inc. (17 awards)—holding only 16 percent of recent awards combined. When ranked by potential value, the concentration tightens marginally: Temsco Helicopters Inc., Everts Air Fuel, Inc., Relm Communications, Inc., Maritime Helicopters, Inc., and US Foods Inc. collectively account for 2 percent of combined potential value over the last five years, underscoring the atomized nature of the award base. The 1,046 distinct prime contractors awarded reflect the region's reliance on distributed local and regional vendors for transportation, logistics, and specialized services. Set-aside distribution shows no set-aside awards dominate at 60 percent of all contracts; small-business set-asides (8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, and other small-business designations) comprise 38 percent, with the remaining 2 percent split across sole-source 8(a), Indian small-business, and partial small-business categories.

Grant activity is substantially smaller. The region has issued 186 grant awards obligating $65.1 million in federal dollars since 2012, with activity spiking between 2022 and 2024 (27, 27, and 35 awards respectively) before declining to five awards in 2025. All 186 awards are Cooperative Agreements. Grant recipients are moderately concentrated: the top five recipients by award count—University Of Alaska Anchorage (12 awards, $6.1 million federal dollars), American Conservation Experience (11 awards, $623 thousand), The Student Conservation Association, Inc. (8 awards, $268 thousand), Wildlife Conservation Society (7 awards, $873 thousand), and Salcha-Delta Swcd (6 awards, $12.6 million)—hold 47 percent of recent awards. By federal dollars obligated, concentration is lighter at 37 percent, with Salcha-Delta Swcd, University Of Alaska Anchorage, North Slope Borough, Alaska Department Of Natural Resources, and Wildlife Conservation Society dominating. The 52 distinct recipients span regional nonprofits, universities, and state agencies engaged in conservation, workforce development, and land stewardship. The most recent grant award closed on 2025-09-24; no grant opportunities are recorded as currently open.