County Of Mendocino

County Of Mendocino, acting through its Department of Transportation, is a U.S. local government entity that receives federal grants for airport infrastructure projects, operating as a recipient under the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program.

The Department of Transportation is a subsidiary entity of the County of Mendocino parent, a local government county structure headquartered in Ukiah, California, with the Department of Transportation operationally based at Little River Airport in Little River, California. The entity receives grants directly from the FAA Western Pacific Region; it does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles, and does not employ subcontractors on federal awards. All fifteen federal awards in the source portfolio are prime grants (100% recipient role, zero sub-awards).

Federal grant activity centers entirely on the FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106). Recent awards include a September 2025 project grant of $797,368.42 for Phase 2 aircraft parking apron reconstruction and rehabilitation at Little River Airport (completion target September 2029); a September 2025 formula grant of $1,532,660 for the same apron project's reconstruction and rehabilitation phase (completion target September 2029); an August 2023 formula grant of $166,666.67 for the design phase of a transient apron rehabilitation project covering 14,217 square yards (completion target August 2027); and a December 2021 project grant under the American Rescue Plan Act for COVID-19 pandemic economic assistance (operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, debt service, and pathogen-mitigation expenses at Little River Airport, completion target December 2025). The combined obligated dollars across all fifteen awards total $6.1 million. Customer concentration is extremely tight: the FAA Western Pacific Region, aggregated across two reporting lines (FAA Western Pacific Region distinct from FAA national), accounts for 100% of awards. Award volume has been sporadic — one award in 2016, two in 2020, two in 2021, one in 2023, and two in 2025 — with no sustained runway visible in the source data. The Department of Transportation's federal footprint is limited to airport infrastructure improvement and pandemic-relief grants; it does not pursue or hold commercial contracting relationships with the federal government.