City Of Unalaska

City of Unalaska, a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Unalaska, Alaska, operates as a prime contractor and grant recipient providing port infrastructure, maritime utilities, and real estate leasing services to federal agencies, predominantly the U.S. Coast Guard. The city competes in full-and-open procurements with no set-aside designations across 378 awards spanning two decades.

The city's federal footprint is almost entirely dependent on a single customer: the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Coast Guard accounts for 335 awards (97% of all awards by count) and $4.7 million in combined potential value. This concentration reflects the geographic reality that Dutch Harbor, Unalaska represents the only operational port facility available to support Coast Guard cutter operations in the remote Bering Sea region. Recent representative contract work includes moorage and docking fees for Coast Guard Cutters ALEX HALEY, MUNRO, STRATTON, KIMBALL, HEALY, BERTHOLF, and MIDGETT; a $98 thousand lease agreement for CGC ALEX HALEY (awarded August 7, 2025); electrical demand services and port facility leases ranging from $1,819 to $58 thousand; and a $7,500 purchase order for port services at Dutch Harbor for the CGC ASPEN (awarded September 23, 2026). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration accounts for 20 awards ($171 thousand combined potential value) for moorage and support services to NOAA ships operating from Dutch Harbor. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds 7 awards (9 thousand dollars combined potential value). Activity has declined from 20 awards in 2022 to 6 in 2026 year to date; only one award carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months.

City of Unalaska's capability portfolio centers on NAICS 493110 (Marinas) and 221121 (Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities), grounded in 276 marina-related awards and 37 utility-related awards. The city provides moorage, docking, pier usage, electricity, water, and wastewater services supporting federal maritime operations. PSC-level framing reinforces this: 279 awards fall under "Lease Or Rental Of Equipment—Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, and Floating Docks," and 42 awards cover "Utilities—Electric."

The city also operates as a federal grant recipient. The Department of Energy awarded a $5.7 million Project Grant (CFDA 81.254) under its Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience program (awarded October 1, 2025, completion scheduled September 30, 2028) to modernize and expand the city's electrical distribution system, including a unified microgrid with battery energy storage and geothermal or wind integration to support a large seafood processing plant under construction. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $500 thousand cooperative agreement (CFDA 66.818, Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program, July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2026) for Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, cleanup planning, and community engagement across ten properties. The Denali Commission awarded a project grant for Captain's Bay Road waterline extension (awarded January 1, 2023, completion June 30, 2024). The city acts as sub-recipient on energy efficiency grants from the Alaska Energy Authority and receives pass-through funding from state-administered federal programs including a homeland security grant (24SHSP-GY24, $103 thousand, awarded November 19, 2024).