Dade County Aviation

Dade County Aviation Finance Division, operating as the Aviation Department, is the airport authority for Miami-Dade County, Florida, managing Miami International Airport and associated regional facilities including Opa-locka Airport and Virginia Gardens Airport. As a local government entity and county airport authority, Dade County Aviation provides essential infrastructure, communications, and operational services to support federal agency activities at these major transportation hubs. The organization has a demonstrated track record of receiving substantial federal contract and grant awards to maintain and modernize airport infrastructure while supporting the connectivity and operational needs of federal agencies operating within its facilities.

Through federal contract awards, Dade County Aviation has provided specialized communications infrastructure and utility services to support federal operations at Miami International Airport. Most notably, the Transportation Security Administration awarded the organization a $299,072.45 firm-fixed-price purchase order for the procurement and installation of fiber optic cables and connectors at Miami International Airport, a five-year contract spanning from June 2025 through May 2030 that included 194,954 feet of single-mode fiber and 302 SC connectors to ensure continuous TSA network connectivity. Additionally, the Drug Enforcement Administration awarded a smaller purchase order valued at $1,734.96 for cable and internet services at the Miami location, with a monthly service fee of $144.58 covering the period from November 2025 through September 2026. Historical contracts also included work for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and CDC Pittsburgh involving shared tenant system fees and facility upgrades. All contract awards were executed as sole-source procurements with no set-aside designations utilized, reflecting the specialized nature of providing services within the airport environment where Dade County Aviation maintains existing infrastructure and utility management capabilities.

Through federal grant awards, Dade County Aviation has received substantial funding from the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and related initiatives to undertake comprehensive airport infrastructure modernization and safety enhancement projects. The organization has been the prime recipient of multiple major grant awards totaling over $300 million for terminal reconstruction and expansion projects at Miami International Airport, including grants for expanding existing terminals by 30,515 square feet with the addition of six new gates and passenger boarding bridges, reconstructing terminal concourses and checkpoint areas, rehabilitating ticket counters and baggage handling systems, and reconstructing the terminal people mover system. Safety-focused grants include multiple awards for airfield safety mitigation measures such as the reconfiguration of taxiway intersections to reduce runway incursion risks, with cumulative funding exceeding $120 million for projects involving the reconfiguration of Taxiways M, Q, and L1, as well as design and construction of runway and taxiway improvements at both Miami International Airport and Opa-locka Airport. Infrastructure maintenance grants have supported runway rehabilitation and lighting system replacement at Opa-locka Airport's Runway 9L/27R, apron pavement rehabilitation at Miami International Airport's central base apron, and fuel facility expansion. The organization also received substantial American Rescue Plan Act and COVID-19 relief funding totaling over $160 million awarded between November 2021 and December 2025 to provide economic assistance for airport operations, personnel costs, cleaning and sanitization services, debt service payments, and pandemic response measures. All grant awards have been provided by the Federal Aviation Administration's Southern Region with no set-aside designations, and the organization has served as the direct prime recipient of all grant funding without identified subcontractual partners in the award documentation.