Hi-Lite Airfield Services, LLC

Hi-Lite Airfield Services, LLC operates as a prime contractor (83% of recent awards) specializing in airfield pavement maintenance, runway marking, paint removal, and striping services for military installations — primarily the Army and Air Force. Based in Watertown, New York, the company is a for-profit limited liability company with no set-aside designations across its prime portfolio and a track record of federal contracting since 2014. Hi-Lite's work concentrates heavily on runway and airfield infrastructure under NAICS 231411 (Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction) and PSC Maintenance of Airport Runways and Taxiways.

Customer concentration is marked and concentrated. The Department of the Army Installation Management Command Northeast Region dominates both volume and dollars, accounting for 9 awards worth $13 million combined potential value — nearly 72% of the vendor's total dollar pipeline. The Department of the Air Force Air Mobility Command follows with 8 awards worth $3.9 million, anchored by a $411,563.82 Total Small Business set-aside purchase order for paint and rubber removal and airfield striping at Dover Air Force Base (completion April 16, 2026) and a $223,243.10 firm fixed-price purchase order from Air Combat Command for Prang runway markings at Watertown, New York (completion March 8, 2026). The next tier includes the U.S. Coast Guard, Air Force Materiel Command's Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, and Air Combat Command, together representing 23% of awards. The top two customers account for 77% of all recent awards.

Hi-Lite operates under five named indefinite delivery contracts. The largest vehicle is IDIQ FA441816D0009 (6 task orders, $1.5 million combined potential value) and IDIQ W911S215D8000 (3 task orders, $3.1 million), with additional work under W911S219D8002 (4 task orders, $1.7 million) and a Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southeast design-build vehicle. A sustained portfolio anchor sits with Fort Drum, New York — Hi-Lite has held annual delivery orders for air traffic control painting services under Northeast Region IDIQs in fiscal 2022, 2023, and 2024, with contracts ranging from $394,832 to $443,732 each. Activity has remained sparse but consistent across five years, with only nine awards spread across 2022–2026. Combined potential value across the prime and sub footprint stands at $18 million, with $11.6 million obligated to date (64% of potential).

In its subcontractor role, Hi-Lite performs airfield pavement markings and asphalt sealcoating to BL Harbert International LLC (runway repair at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana), airfield restriping to D7 LLC (transient aircraft ramp at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth), pavement and runway marking work to Rq-Aecom JV (Navy installations pavement repairs and painting), and airfield pavement markings to Harper Construction Company Inc. on the KC-46A maintenance hangar construction at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Hi-Lite operates through two subsidiaries: Cardinal / International Grooving & Grinding LLC and Interstate Sealant & Concrete LLC (self-certified as a small disadvantaged business), both positioned to support core airfield and pavement capabilities. The vendor's capability footprint remains narrow and specialized — runway maintenance, pavement striping, paint removal, and related airfield ground operations for military installations — with geographic concentration in the Northeast and engagement expanding into the South and Midwest through sub relationships and Air Force regional commands.