Delaware River & Bay Authority

Delaware River & Bay Authority, a bi-state interstate government entity headquartered in New Castle, Delaware, receives federal grants as a recipient for airport infrastructure improvement, ferry operations, and regional transportation projects across Delaware and New Jersey. The Authority operates as a 100% prime recipient with no sub-recipient footprint, competing under full-and-open federal grant mechanisms without SBA set-aside designations.

The Authority's federal funding is heavily concentrated in airport infrastructure development through the Federal Aviation Administration. The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region and parent FAA organization account for 76% of recent award volume across 132 awards. Top customer concentration by potential value spans Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration (3 awards, $2.8 million), General Services Administration Public Buildings Service (15 awards, $720 thousand), and Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (8 awards, $79 thousand). The top parent vehicle is a GSA Basic Ordering Agreement (GS03B07342) carrying 46 task orders and $1.7 million in combined potential value, primarily supporting lease and rental of office buildings.

Recent capability work reflects two distinct operational tracks. Airport infrastructure grants under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106, 20.116, 20.117) fund design, rehabilitation, and construction of runways, taxiways, aprons, hangars, terminals, and obstruction removal across airports in Wilmington, Dover, and Millville. Representative awards include a $2.2 million formula grant from FAA Eastern Region (August 2026) for Phase 1 design of a deicing pad and containment facility at Wilmington Airport; a $298 thousand project grant (August 2026) for hangar construction at Dover Airport; a $1.2 million project grant (August 2024) for taxiway expansion at Wilmington; and a $6.7 million project grant (August 2024) for 6,000 square-foot terminal expansion at Wilmington Airport. Ferry operations grants include a $74.4 million Federal Transit Administration award (September 2025) for a diesel-electric hybrid ferry vessel replacement under the Passenger Ferry Grant Program (CFDA 20.532), and a $540 thousand EPA Clean Ports Program award (December 2024, CFDA 66.051) for emissions inventory, emissions reduction strategy, and climate resiliency planning for ferry operations. A Maritime Administration project grant (June 2023) funded comprehensive ferry master plan development and vessel design.

Activity has averaged five to nine awards annually over the past five years, with two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The Authority's primary NAICS concentration is Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (47 awards), reflecting GSA real-estate lease activity, alongside Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs (9 awards) and Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (4 awards). The combined obligated dollars ($292 million) substantially exceed combined potential value ($4.7 million), indicating mature, long-running grant accounts with multi-year performance periods extending through 2030.