City Of Boulder City

City of Boulder City, doing business as Electric Department, is a U.S. local government entity that provides electric utility services, water utility services, and airport infrastructure support to federal agencies as a grant recipient and, in limited cases, as a contract performer. The Electric Department operates as a child entity of the City of Boulder City (the parent municipality) and competes predominantly full-and-open, with no SBA set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

The Electric Department's federal work splits across two distinct capability streams. The primary stream is utility services delivery: the Department holds two long-standing definitive contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation running through 2032 for electric utility services ($3 million ceiling) and water utility services ($517 thousand ceiling) supporting federal facilities in Boulder City, Nevada. The second stream is airport infrastructure development and maintenance, where the Department acts as grant recipient for Boulder City Airport. Recent airport grants include a $10 million Airport Infrastructure Grants award (CFDA 20.117, August 2026) for tower construction Phase 4 (shaft and cab), a $5.6 million grant (CFDA 20.117, August 2026) for tower Phase 2 (civil work and base building), and a $4.9 million Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.116, August 2026) for tower Phase 2 (companion award). Earlier tower-related grants funded Phase 1 design services ($1.5 million, May 2025) and environmental assessment ($341 thousand, June 2022). The Department also received a $2.1 million Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.106, August 2025) for runway and taxiway pavement reseal and resurfacing work.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Bureau of Reclamation (26 awards, $8.4 million combined potential value) and the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Western Pacific Region (14 awards). Beyond infrastructure, the Department has received federal grant funding for municipal water conservation projects — a $190 thousand WaterSMART grant (CFDA 15.507, June 2025) to install 300 automatic water meters with radio transmitters, and an earlier $306-meter upgrade project (February 2022). Additional grant work includes a $1 million EPA Region 9 cooperative agreement (February 2024) for wastewater system infrastructure rehabilitation and a Bureau of Justice Assistance project grant (July 2023) for police vehicle replacement with electric vehicles.

The Department holds two Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Bureau of Reclamation (BPA INR11PA30048, 5 task orders, $1.2 million combined potential value; BPA INR11PA30026, 5 task orders, $231 thousand combined potential value). Activity has been modest and uneven — five awards in 2022, seven in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, and four in 2026 — with only three awards completing within the next twenty-four months. In its sub-award role, the Department has received federal grant pass-throughs from the Nevada Office of Emergency Management for public safety overtime expenses and has served as a sub-recipient for community transportation and senior center facility programs. The Department's award footprint centers on electric power distribution and water supply infrastructure NAICS codes, with secondary exposure to airport operations and utilities regulation.