City Of Pine Bluff Arkansas

City of Pine Bluff Arkansas, operating through the Pine Bluff Aviation Commission, is a municipal airport authority that acts as the prime recipient of federal infrastructure grants from the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration. The vendor holds no federal contracts and operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient, receiving 100% of its recent awards as prime grants rather than as a subrecipient.

Pine Bluff Aviation Commission serves as the sponsor and operator of Pine Bluff Regional Airport in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Its federal grant work centers on airfield infrastructure rehabilitation and modernization under two FAA programs: the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106, 20.116) and the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117). Recent representative work includes a $220,934.74 Airport Improvement Program formula grant awarded June 26, 2026, to expand and rehabilitate the North Apron (adding 1,720 square yards and rehabilitating 17,600 square yards of pavement); a parallel $220,934.74 Airport Infrastructure Grant project award the same period funding the remaining eligible portion of the North Apron project; a $198,060 Airport Improvement Program project grant awarded July 17, 2025, for rehabilitation of 4,800 linear feet of existing parallel taxiway pavement; and two project grants from September 2024 (totaling approximately $441,868 combined) for rehabilitation of 6,000 feet of Runway 18/36 pavement under both the Airport Improvement Program and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Grant program. The vendor also received a $220,934 American Rescue Plan Act economic-relief project grant in November 2021 covering operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. All performance occurs in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, with completion dates extending through 2030.

Customer concentration is entirely within the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Southwestern Region, which accounts for 12 awards, with the broader FAA accounting for an additional 5 awards across the recent portfolio. Combined dollars obligated total $7.4 million. Activity has remained episodic — three awards in 2021, one in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, limiting near-term recompete exposure. The vendor operates as a pure grant recipient with no contract prime or subcontract footprint and maintains no parent vehicle positions or teaming relationships.