Alaska Railroad Corporation

Alaska Railroad Corporation, a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, is the sole railroad operator in Alaska and acts as a federal grant recipient for infrastructure maintenance, capital rehabilitation, and port services. The vendor operates 100% as a prime recipient across federal grants (96% of recent awards) with minimal subcontract exposure (4%), competing without set-aside designations on a full-and-open basis.

Alaska Railroad Corporation's federal footprint is dominated by transit and railroad infrastructure grants from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), which accounts for 121 of 226 total recent awards. The vendor's concrete capability portfolio centers on track rehabilitation and replacement, bridge engineering and replacement, locomotive and passenger rolling stock maintenance, preventive maintenance across rail infrastructure, and port facility operations. Representative work includes a $27.87 million Federal Transit Administration State of Good Repair grant (CFDA 20.525, awarded February 10, 2026) for track rehabilitation and locomotive fleet overhaul; a $25.424 million Maritime Administration Port Infrastructure Development Program grant (CFDA 20.823, awarded September 17, 2025) for freight dock expansion and roadway corridor improvement at Anchorage; a $10.5 million Federal Railroad Administration project grant (awarded October 1, 2025) for railroad bridge replacement with full lifecycle engineering and construction near Willow; and a $38,700 firm fixed-price purchase order from U.S. Special Operations Command (awarded February 4, 2025) for railcar and railroad rental services supporting military training exercises.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Federal Transit Administration, which issued 121 awards covering 75% of the award count. The top five customers by count (FTA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Army Installation Management Command Pacific Region, Federal Railroad Administration, and Coast Guard) account for 169 awards. By potential value, the Army Installation Management Command Pacific Region leads with 12 awards totaling $3.2 million, followed by the Army Materiel Command Sustainment Command with $322 thousand, though these dollar values are dwarfed by the magnitude of FTA formula grants. The combined potential value across all awards is $5.9 million, but the combined obligated dollars stand at $1.39 billion, indicating that Alaska Railroad Corporation receives substantial formula-based FTA funding on a recurring annual basis that far exceeds the nominal potential-value ceiling on individual awards.

The vendor maintains seats on three Army indefinite delivery contracts (W912CZ06D0010, F6550187C0043, and F6550187C0044) with two to one task order each and combined potential value of $368 thousand. Activity has moderated in recent years — twelve awards in 2022, declining to four in 2026 year-to-date — though this reflects the FTA's shift toward multi-year formula grants rather than discrete project awards. Sixteen awards reach completion inside the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure.

Alaska Railroad Corporation's work is concentrated under five NAICS categories: Line-Haul Railroads (14 awards), Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (8 awards), Support Activities for Rail Transportation (6 awards), Port and Harbor Operations (6 awards), and Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (5 awards). Top PSC assignments include Housekeeping–Snow Removal/Salt (7 awards), Transportation/Travel/Relocation–Passenger Rail Charter (6 awards), Maintenance/Repair of Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Rail (6 awards), and Maintenance/Repair/Rebuild of Railway Equipment (5 awards). The vendor's subcontract footprint is minimal, with five sub-awards to Alaska state agencies (Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Office of Emergency Services) for disaster recovery work under FEMA pass-through grants. As Alaska's sole railroad operator, the corporation serves a critical federal infrastructure and transportation role, with recurring funding anchored to FTA state-of-good-repair and formula-grant programs that prioritize preventive maintenance and capital asset preservation across Alaska's rail-belt system.