Southwestern Region

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southwestern Region is a civilian sub-agency within the FAA that procures facility maintenance, grounds services, janitorial support, equipment refurbishment, and infrastructure construction across air traffic control towers and air route traffic control centers across its geographic footprint. The Southwestern Region rolls up contract and grant activity from its operational and acquisitions offices.

The FAA Southwestern Region has awarded 5,176 federal contracts since 2003, with combined potential value of $15.69 billion and combined dollars obligated of $3.98 billion. Recent contract activity shows significant volume fluctuation: 668 awards in 2022, 783 in 2023, 531 in 2024, 119 in 2025, and 135 year-to-date in 2026. The most recent recorded contract award closed on 2026-09-25. Among 1,672 distinct prime contractors awarded over the portfolio lifetime, competitive concentration over the last five years is highly fragmented by potential value — the top five primes hold only 3 percent of combined potential value — though concentrated by award count. CDW Government LLC leads by count with 547 awards and $257.8 million combined potential value, followed by Iron Bow Technologies LLC with 427 awards and $55.5 million, and Microtechnologies LLC with 234 awards and $46.8 million. The remaining top-five vendors (Red River Technology LLC and Guardian Construction Inc.) together account for approximately $70.7 million. Set-asides are minimal; 78 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, while small-business awards comprise 16 percent, with 8(a) competitive, SDVOSB, and other SBA designations collectively accounting for roughly 5 percent of the portfolio.

The Region has awarded 3,766 federal grants since September 2009, with combined federal dollars obligated of $8.4 billion and combined total obligated (federal plus non-federal share) of $9.31 billion. Grant awards have accelerated: 296 in 2022, 333 in 2023, 358 in 2024, 441 in 2025, and 275 year-to-date in 2026. Among 313 distinct recipients over the portfolio lifetime, grant concentration is fragmented by award count (top five hold 15 percent) and moderately concentrated by federal dollars (top five hold 21 percent). Dallas / Fort Worth International Airport leads by federal dollars with $822.4 million across 31 awards, while Texas Department Of Transportation leads by award count with 134 awards and $350 million in federal obligated dollars. City of Houston, Oklahoma City Airport Trust, and Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust comprise the remaining top five. Grant assistance is predominantly Project Grants (82 percent of awards), with Formula Grants making up 18 percent and Cooperative Agreements negligible (less than 1 percent).

Recent contract opportunities reflect infrastructure and facilities work. Solicitation 697DCK-27-R-00001 seeks janitorial services at the MVY Air Traffic Control Tower in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, small-business set-aside, proposals due October 22, 2026. Solicitation 697DCK-26-R-00423 (BEYOND Phase 2) seeks Other Transaction Agreements to support unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility integration, with up to eight awards anticipated and proposals due October 30, 2026. Additional open solicitations include facility maintenance services for the FAA Warrenton Annex (total small business, due November 10), weed control and groundskeeping services in Albuquerque (due December 15), and air traffic control tower modernization projects in Hilo, Hawaii and Gillespie Field, California. No recent grant opportunities are recorded against the Region or its descendant offices.