City Of Ketchikan

City of Ketchikan, operating as Ketchikan Public Utilities, is a U.S. local government entity based in Ketchikan, Alaska, that provides municipal infrastructure and utility services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (90% of awards) and subrecipient, with no access to federal contract set-asides. The city competes in full-and-open federal contracting and grant programs without SBA designations.

Ketchikan Public Utilities' federal customer base is concentrated in three areas: the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard (11 awards, $2.5 million combined potential value), which accounts for 70% of the city's combined potential-value footprint and holds the highest dollar concentration across both award-count and value rankings; the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service Region 10 (1 award, $768 thousand potential value); and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (8 prime awards, 7 additional sub-awards). The Defense Information Systems Agency and Department of Agriculture Forest Service R10-Alaska Region round out the top five by award count (13 and 10 awards respectively, with $39 thousand and $46 thousand combined potential value), but both carry minimal dollar concentration. The city serves 23 distinct federal agencies across contracts and grants, with the top five customers accounting for 56% of recent awards and 70% of combined potential value.

Ketchikan Public Utilities' service portfolio breaks into three dominant capability streams. In waste management, the city holds recurring Coast Guard purchase orders for solid waste disposal and trash collection at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan—most recently a $292 thousand contract awarded July 8, 2026 (ultimate completion March 31, 2030) for non-hazardous waste collection and landfill services under FAR Part 12 simplified acquisition, where the city is the sole qualified vendor because it exclusively owns and operates the local landfill and municipal regulations mandate city-performed or city-approved commercial waste collection. A $44.8 thousand Coast Guard order for trash collection and debris disposal (October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026) and earlier $49.2 thousand and $45.4 thousand waste-services contracts exemplify the recurring pattern. In telecommunications and infrastructure services, Ketchikan Public Utilities provides cable, internet, and wireless communications support to federal facilities, including a $6.4 thousand definitive contract with the Coast Guard for cable and internet service (October 4, 2021 through October 16, 2023) and a $16.1 thousand Alaska National Guard purchase order for telecommunications services (March 1, 2026 through October 31, 2030). In federal grant work, the city is a prime recipient of FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (CFDA 97.044) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER, CFDA 97.083) awards totaling over $1.7 million in combined value (June 2023 through March 2029) to support fire department equipment acquisition and staffing, and of infrastructure and environmental grants from FEMA, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Denali Commission (CFDA 90.100), and the Department of Energy for water-infrastructure rehabilitation, culvert and sewer-line trenchless repair, road feasibility studies, and energy-efficiency initiatives.

Ketchikan Public Utilities places work under two named indefinite-delivery contracts (DCA20085H0092 with 4 task orders and N0016724D0020 with 1 task order) and acts as a subcontractor to Leidos, Inc. on a July 11, 2024 task order for Southeast Alaska Acoustic Testing Facility operations support (performance period October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025). The city also serves as sub-recipient on grant awards from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (historic preservation planning, Pioneer Hall foundation stabilization) and state pass-through programs including the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program and the Emergency Management Performance Grant program.

Federal award activity has declined in recent years from four awards in 2024 and 2025 combined (combined potential value $5 million), with only three awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The city's $13.3 million in combined obligated dollars against $5 million in combined potential value reflects the frequency of multi-year funding amendments and recurring annual purchase orders, particularly for waste and utility services to Coast Guard Base Ketchikan. Top NAICS categories reflect the utility and infrastructure focus: Wired Telecommunications Carriers (19 awards), Solid Waste Collection (5 awards), and Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (5 awards); top PSC codes are IT and Telecom-Telecommunications and Transmission (21 awards) and Housekeeping-Trash/Garbage Collection (8 awards).