City Of Blanding

City of Blanding, a U.S. local government entity operating as Blanding City Shop, acts as a federal grant recipient and occasional service provider, delivering land rental services to the U.S. Forest Service and airport infrastructure development work funded through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant programs. The city operates as a prime recipient on 96% of recent awards, with no subcontract volume and minimal commercial contracting footprint; federal engagement centers on operating Blanding Municipal Airport and providing occasional land-lease services to Forest Service regional operations in the Intermountain Region.

The award portfolio reflects two distinct business lines. Land rental services—classified under NAICS Lessors of Other Real Estate Property and PSC Lease/Rental of Other Non-Building Facilities—account for five recent awards totaling $18.7 thousand in potential value across firm fixed-price purchase orders issued by the U.S. Forest Service Region 4 (Intermountain Region) and the Department of Interior Region 4 between June and July 2026. These orders involve land rental at Price, Utah and Cedar City, Utah, with ultimate completion dates in July and August 2026. Airport infrastructure grants dominate recent activity and dollar volume. The FAA, through its Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117), funded four major grants totaling approximately $1.03 million: a $662,032 formula grant awarded August 13, 2025, for construction of 14,500 feet of perimeter fencing (completion August 12, 2029); a $149,346 project grant awarded August 14, 2025, for installation of Runway End Identifier Lights on Runway 17/35 (completion August 13, 2029); and a $217,358 project grant awarded June 22, 2026, for design-phase rehabilitation of 39,500 square yards of general aviation apron pavement (completion June 21, 2030). Earlier pandemic relief grants under the American Rescue Plan Act and Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, awarded February 23, 2022, provided operational and personnel support through February 22, 2026.

Customer concentration aligns with the FAA's Northwest Mountain Region, which issued nine awards covering the bulk of recent volume, while the Forest Service R4-Intermountain Region placed four purchase orders representing $15 thousand in combined potential value. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service and Rural Housing Service together account for five awards of undisclosed value. Total awards number 23 across the source period; activity in the past five years shows growth from two awards per year in 2021–2022 to six awards in 2026, driven by FAA infrastructure funding and occasional Forest Service land rental. A single sub-award, a Community Development Block Grant sub-recipient role for a Centennial Park shade structures project (awarded February 28, 2024), represents the only sub-recipient engagement. The city operates without IDIQs, GWACs, or parent contract vehicles; engagement is direct-award purchase orders and federal grant channels.