Avista Corporation

Avista Corporation, a for-profit energy utility headquartered in Spokane, Washington, provides electricity and natural gas utility services to federal agencies as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition with no set-aside designations. The company operates across thirty-two federal customer agencies, with a portfolio dominated by electric power distribution, natural gas distribution, and hydroelectric generation work that spans over one thousand awards and 1,087 active federal relationships dating back to 1951.

Avista's federal customer base shows extreme concentration in energy infrastructure and facilities support. The Department of the Air Force accounts for 502 awards (46% of total), the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service for 194 awards, and the Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service for 91 awards (representing $1.3 million in combined potential value). By dollar value, GSA Public Buildings Service Region 10 leads with eleven awards carrying $9.4 million in combined potential value, followed by CDC Spokane Research Laboratory and CDC Pittsburgh (24 awards, $1.3 million combined) and the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (five awards, $1.4 million combined). The split between volume leaders and dollar leaders reflects Avista's role as both a high-frequency small-order utility provider to Air Force installations and a sustained infrastructure partner on larger CDC and VA utility contracts.

Work spans three primary NAICS categories: Electric Power Distribution (205 awards), Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation (99 awards), and Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas (86 awards), with corresponding PSC coding split between Utilities–Electric (657 awards) and Utilities–Gas (389 awards). Representative recent prime contracts include a $225,089.56 firm fixed-price purchase order from CDC Pittsburgh for electricity and natural gas services at CDC Spokane facilities (August 2024), a $2 million Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command definitive contract for gas service and maintenance at Spokane and Bayview, Idaho facilities (September 2023 through September 2031), and a $205,590.58 Indian Health Service purchase order for utility services to the Wellpinit Service Unit in Washington (August 2021 through August 2026).

Avista's parent contract vehicles center on Air Force indefinite-delivery and basic-ordering-agreement structures: Indefinite Delivery Contract F4561375D0068 carries 233 task orders, Basic Ordering Agreement F4561368D0084 carries 165 task orders, and Indefinite Delivery Contract F4561367D0128 carries 105 task orders. HHS and VA award work via Blanket Purchase Agreements HHSI248201400017B (41 task orders, $121 thousand combined potential value) and HHSI248200910023B (39 task orders, $86 thousand combined potential value). Recent annual award volume has declined from four awards in 2022 and 2023 to one in 2025, though three new awards were placed in 2026. Six awards (combined potential value $3.4 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore present recompete exposure.

Beyond routine utility service contracts, Avista received a $172.96 million Department of Energy Project Grant (CFDA 81.254, Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience) effective January 2025 through December 2029 for transmission-line modernization—rebuilding over 40 miles of the Lolo-Oxbow 230kV line north of Imnaha with 57% summer-capacity increase, constructing a new Pallette Junction Station, and rebuilding 25 miles of 230kV line south of Imnaha. A second $914,120 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087, Renewable Energy Research and Development, effective January 2026 through September 2027) supports evaluation of coordination benefits among Middle Columbia hydropower facility owners and development of an Advanced Decision Support System database and software instance for grid management. Avista also serves as a sub-recipient on a Georgia Tech Research Corporation Department of Energy grant for autonomous, adaptive, and secure distribution protection systems with high penetration photovoltaic and distributed energy resources, demonstrated across Avista, Dominion, and Southern Company feeders. The company's subsidiary, Engie Insight Services Inc., appears in the corporate structure but plays no role in the disclosed federal award footprint.