Countyofdukescounty

Dukes County, Massachusetts, a U.S. local government entity, acts as a federal grant recipient for airport and infrastructure modernization projects, with 98% of recent federal awards flowing through the county as prime recipient rather than as a subrecipient. The county's federal footprint centers on FAA airport terminal and equipment grants, GSA real property leasing arrangements, and episodic COVID-19 relief and public health funding.

Dukes County's recent federal work spans airport capital improvement, facility operations, and equipment acquisition at Martha's Vineyard Airport in Vineyard Haven. The county has received multiple FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and Airport Infrastructure Grants (CFDA 20.117) totaling roughly $31.1 million since August 2025 to fund a multiphase terminal expansion and reconstruction project — adding 15,000 square feet of terminal space for holdrooms, baggage screening, and security checkpoints, and reconstructing 20,500 square feet of aging terminal infrastructure including mechanical and electrical systems, doors, windows, and finish work. A $2.3 million FAA Airport Terminal Program grant (CFDA 20.118) awarded August 18, 2026, funds Phase 6 design services and construction administration for the same terminal building expansion, with ultimate completion targeted for August 2030. The county also received $1.3 million in August 2025 under the Airport Improvement Program to acquire one Index C aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle, and earlier awards funded snow removal equipment acquisition and taxilane reconstruction. A September 2023 EPA Region 1 cooperative agreement granted $1 million to rehabilitate the Business Park Pump Station serving Martha's Vineyard Airport, replacing pumps, electrical panels with SCADA controls, and air-release valves to reduce wastewater overflow risk.

Customer concentration sits with the FAA New England Region (23 awards, focused on terminal and pavement work at Vineyard Haven) and the GSA Public Buildings Service Central Office (32 awards, $2.7 million combined potential value), which accounts for nearly one-third of all recent awards. The GSA awards predominantly involve leasing of nonresidential buildings — the top NAICS category across the portfolio — reflecting the county's role as a lessor or facility stakeholder on GSA Schedules. The Transportation Security Administration (4 awards, $1.6 million) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2 awards) round out the active customer set. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The county sits on three GSA Basic Ordering Agreements (GS01B04466, GS01B04483, GS01B04753) with 67 combined task orders and $3.96 million in combined potential value. Recent sub-award activity shows the county as a subrecipient of COVID-19 case investigation and contact-tracing grants flowing from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in 2024 and 2025. Combined dollars obligated across all awards ($84.3 million) substantially exceed combined potential value ($5.9 million), reflecting the county's role as a long-standing federal aid recipient whose obligations carry forward across multiple prior-year awards.