San Diego County Air Pollution Control District

San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, a local government air quality regulatory agency based in San Diego, California, operates as a recipient of federal grants and a vendor for federal permit and service fees, competing exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) with no subcontract footprint. The District is a county entity organized under the San Diego County Auditor and holds no SBA certifications applicable to federal contracting.

The District's federal footprint splits between modest contract work and grant funding. On the contract side, it receives sole-source purchase orders from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 for annual air pollution control district renewal permit fees ($23,995 awarded September 2026 for calendar year 2026–2027, and $16,751 awarded July 2025 for calendar year 2025–2026, both under NAICS 924110). The District also fulfilled a $26,694.94 technical and management support purchase order to the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction directorate for the Biowatch program (September 2022, completed September 2023). On the grant side, the District receives funding from EPA Region 9 across multiple programs. Recent grants include a $2,062,375 formula grant (October 2024 – September 2026) under the Section 105 program supporting air quality planning, monitoring, emissions inventory, permitting, and enforcement; a $1,262,446 project grant under CFDA 66.034 (October 2024 – September 2027, funded under the Inflation Reduction Act) for multipollutant and hydrogen sulfide monitoring network expansion; a $1,542,404 project grant (October 2024 – September 2026) for diesel truck-to-electric truck replacement; a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement (April 2024 – March 2025, also Inflation Reduction Act–funded) for environmental justice community air quality training and participatory planning; a $219,107 project grant (July 2023 – June 2024) for emission inventory development and health risk impact evaluations; and multiple smaller project grants ($332,500 American Rescue Plan award August 2022 – December 2024; $184,128 and $173,014 project grants for PM2.5 monitoring network operations).

Customer concentration is high. The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 accounts for 14 awards (87% coverage of award count, $206 thousand combined potential value), anchored by the recurring annual permit-fee orders. EPA Region 9 holds 12 awards (grant-based), and EPA as a whole holds 11 awards. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Correctional Center San Diego and the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Portland round out the active customer set. Combined potential value across all 53 awards totals $283 thousand; however, combined obligated dollars ($403 million) substantially exceed potential value, indicating that awards have been executed and invoiced across the District's lifetime footprint. The District has served eleven distinct federal agencies. Activity is episodic — two awards in 2022 and 2023, five in 2024, one in 2025, and one in 2026 — with two awards ($24 thousand combined potential value) completing within the next twenty-four months. Primary capability framing reflects air quality regulatory operations (Environmental Systems Protection–Environmental Licensing and Permitting, 9 awards), air quality monitoring and support (7 awards), and administrative support services (7 awards).