Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority

Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority, a U.S. local government entity and municipal airport authority based in Lawton, Oklahoma, supplies aviation turbine fuel (Jet Propellant-8 and Jet A) to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor under single-award indefinite delivery contracts, with all work performed at the Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport facility. The Authority competes full-and-open; no small business set-asides apply to any of its federal work.

The Authority's federal footprint is narrow but deep. Across recent activity, 2,652 awards span primarily delivery orders for aviation turbine fuel, with Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounting for 2,533 awards (95% of volume) valued at $6.8 million combined potential value under the DLA Energy South Intoplane Domestic program. The Authority holds a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (SPE60723D0019) with DLA Energy, awarded July 1, 2023, running through March 2027, with a $1.226 million ceiling and authorization to procure approximately 192.7 million gallons of aviation turbine fuel for delivery to commercial airports across nine states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas). All delivery orders under this IDC employ fixed-price pricing with economic price adjustment and carry no set-aside designation. Representative recent orders include a $1.173 million delivery order from the Department of Energy on April 15, 2026, a $1.433 million order from the Department of Defense on April 15, 2026, and a $1.578 million order on April 13, 2026 — each completing in April 2026 at the Lawton, Oklahoma location. Activity accelerated materially from 2023 to 2025 (284 awards in 2023 to 521 in 2025) before moderating to 136 year-to-date in 2026.

Secondary customer relationships include the General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service (15 awards, $2.4 million) for lease-rental of office space, the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration (4 awards, $1.4 million), and the Federal Aviation Administration (26 awards combined). The Authority also received a $1.088 million Airport Improvement Program grant (CFDA 20.106) from the FAA's Southwestern Region on September 9, 2025, reimbursing Phase 3 terminal reconstruction — a 4,770 square-foot hold room and associated drainage and paving at Gate 2 — completed in May 2023. The Authority holds basic ordering agreements with GSA (GS07B15525 with 76 task orders generating $4.3 million, and GS07B15186 with 8 task orders generating $11 thousand) for facility lease and support services. No subcontractor relationships appear in the award history; the Authority operates as a direct supplier of fuel and facility services to federal customers.

The DLA Energy relationship dominates to the point of concentration risk: roughly 51% of combined potential value flows from a single contract vehicle nearing its terminal completion date of March 31, 2027, with 1,238 task orders valued at $1.4 million issued under SPE60723D0019. A parallel IDC (SPE60719D0032) generated 1,293 task orders worth $2.4 million and carries the same March 2027 expiration. Both vehicles face recompete within the next twelve months, representing significant pipeline exposure and renewal opportunity for competitors or partners to the Authority.