City Of Duluth

City of Duluth, operating as Duluth Airport Authority, is a U.S. local government entity that acts as a federal grant recipient funding airport infrastructure modernization and operations at Duluth International Airport in Hermantown, Minnesota. The Duluth Airport Authority operates as a subsidiary division of the parent City of Duluth municipality and receives federal grant funding directly from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with no federal contract prime awards and minimal subcontract exposure (1% of recent awards).

The vendor's federal footprint centers entirely on FAA airport improvement grants under CFDA 20.106 (Airport Improvement Program) and related programs including Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and COVID-19 Airports Programs. Recent representative work includes a $21.3 million project grant awarded April 7, 2026 for Phase 3 of an air traffic control tower modernization (tower cab structure, equipment installation, completion targeted April 6, 2030); an $11.54 million project grant from September 18, 2025 for Phase 8 taxiway reconstruction (2,900 linear feet of pavement, fourth design phase, completion September 17, 2029); a $7.19 million project grant from May 13, 2025 for Phase 2 of tower modernization (below-grade construction, wall framing, base building roofing); and a $10.53 million project grant from September 11, 2024 for taxiway reconstruction (1,850 feet of pavement, third design phase). The vendor also received a $2.7 million formula grant in September 2025 for snow removal and deicing equipment acquisition (plow and sander units, rotary plow, liquid deicing vehicle) and a $3.54 million project grant in September 2025 for multiple infrastructure improvements including taxilane construction, hangar development, and drainage study. Additional work spans equipment replacement (snow removal loaders, runway lighting systems), terminal facility construction (1,763 square feet), hangar construction (5-unit and 11,250 square-foot facilities), and apron rehabilitation. COVID-19 pandemic relief grants totaling approximately $2.35 million were obligated in November 2021 under ARPA authority for airport operations and personnel costs.

Customer concentration runs heavily toward the Federal Aviation Administration's Great Lakes Region office (44 awards in recent data) and the broader FAA apparatus (27 additional awards), representing the overwhelming majority of the vendor's active grant footprint. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service maintains a secondary role (18 awards, $8.3 million combined potential value) related to office building leases. The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration accounts for 6 awards worth $4.4 million combined potential value. Total awards across all sources number 200 (198 as prime recipient, 2 as grant sub-recipient). Awards obligated total $248.4 million against a combined potential value of $24.9 million, indicating substantial prior-year project execution. The vendor's NAICS concentration shows 99 awards under "Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses)" and 13 under "Water Supply and Irrigation Systems," reflecting GSA real-estate lease work alongside FAA water-infrastructure grants. The top parent vehicles are Basic Ordering Agreements GS05B17690 (32 task orders, $17.8 million potential value) and GS05B17206 (65 task orders, $1.3 million potential value), both GSA leasing vehicles.

Activity has averaged 5 to 9 awards per year over the past five years, with the most recent award in April 2026. One award faces ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure in the source window. The vendor's sub-recipient footprint is negligible; two sub-awards appear under the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (October 1, 2025, labeled "2026 Enforcement"), suggesting minimal subcontracting role. The vendor's federal posture is entirely grant-funded airport capital and equipment projects—no contract work, no set-aside categories, and no vehicle participation beyond GSA real-estate BOAs ancillary to its core FAA airport-infrastructure mission.