Environmental Conservation Alaska Department

Environmental Conservation Alaska Department, Administrative Services Division, a U.S. state government entity and division of the State of Alaska, operates as a prime federal grant recipient delivering environmental inspection, regulatory, and infrastructure services to federal agencies across Alaska, with work performed in Juneau and statewide.

The division's federal footprint is almost entirely grant-based (682 prime grants across 31 federal customer agencies since 2000), with minimal contract activity and negligible subcontractor engagement. The division functions as the operational and administrative arm of Alaska's environmental conservation programs, managing federal funding flows for environmental protection, water quality, food safety inspection, animal health surveillance, and rural infrastructure development. Recent award concentration shows heavy reliance on EPA Region 10 (126 grants) and USDA Rural Utilities Service (125 grants), followed by Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (52 grants) and USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (46 grants).

The division's concrete capability portfolio centers on federal environmental program administration and pass-through funding: (1) food safety inspection services to the Food and Drug Administration—a $2.948 million definitive contract awarded September 30, 2026, for human food inspections in Alaska through September 2031, building on a prior $1.8 million contract completed in 2027; (2) cooperative agreements with EPA Region 10 for water quality management, drinking water and clean water state revolving fund capitalization (multiple awards totaling tens of millions in low-interest loan authority), brownfield site assessment and remediation, pesticide enforcement, underground storage tank and leaking tank program administration, and air quality monitoring and emission reduction initiatives across Alaska's nonattainment areas; (3) USDA cooperative agreements for animal disease surveillance, animal disease traceability, and avian influenza monitoring in coordination with state veterinary offices; and (4) USDA Rural Utilities Service grants for predevelopment planning and water and waste disposal infrastructure in rural Alaskan villages, often sub-awarded to Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and regional health organizations. Recent representative grants include a $43.17 million EPA cooperative agreement under the Village Safe Water Program (July 2025 through June 2030) for water and wastewater design and construction in 14 rural and Alaska Native communities, a $13.09 million EPA drinking water state revolving fund capitalization grant (FY2025), a $7 million EPA cooperative agreement for Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act contaminated site assessment (awarded October 2023 through June 2028), a $10 million EPA targeted airshed grant for PM2.5 emission reduction in Fairbanks (October 2023 through September 2028), and a $1.33 million FDA cooperative agreement for the Alaska State Environmental Health Laboratory's food testing participation (September 2025 through June 2030, CFDA 93.103).

Awards per year declined sharply from 79 in FY2023 to 4 in FY2026, reflecting timing of large multi-year capitalization grants rather than program contraction; the division faces recompete exposure of $3 million combined potential value across 34 awards with ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $498 thousand across FY2023–FY2025, with 0.6–0.7 FTEs delivering work and no subcontractor engagement; government-paid hourly rates run a median of $114.34/hr, with range $109.65–$119.03/hr. The division's grant portfolio includes sub-awards to regional and Alaska Native health organizations, local municipalities, and the Alaska Municipal League for community outreach and infrastructure implementation, but the division itself operates as a pure grant prime with zero recorded subcontractor hours and zero sub-awards in its own portfolio. Place of performance is primarily Juneau with statewide and rural Alaska coverage for program implementation and grant administration.