Meridian Airport Authority

Meridian Airport Authority, doing business as Meridian Aviation, a U.S. local government entity (municipal airport authority) based in Meridian, Mississippi, supplies aviation turbine fuel (Jet Aviation A-1) to the federal government as a prime contractor under a single-award indefinite delivery contract. The vendor competes in full-and-open (non-set-aside) federal contracting and operates entirely as a prime — no subcontract footprint appears in the award record.

The vendor's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in a single customer and contract vehicle. The Defense Logistics Agency Energy accounts for 22,082 awards (99.4% of total activity) with a combined potential value of $190.1 million out of $204.9 million total. This volume derives almost entirely from a single-award indefinite delivery contract (SPE607-23-R-0202) valued at $52.2 million, running from July 1, 2023, through March 31, 2027, which authorizes fixed-price delivery orders with economic price adjustment for approximately 192.7 million gallons of Jet Aviation A-1 turbine fuel delivery to commercial airports across nine states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas). Delivery orders issued under this IDC are numerous and micro-transactional — individual orders typically range from $660 to $23,000 — reflecting daily or weekly fuel calls rather than large task orders. The vendor also holds or participates in at least four other IDCs with DLA Energy and GSA, including a GSA lease vehicle (GS04B42413) carrying $12.2 million across 88 orders for real property. Smaller customer exposure includes the FAA (25 awards for airport improvement grants), GSA Public Buildings Service (15 awards, $8 million), and TSA (4 awards, $421 thousand).

Recent grant activity shows Meridian Airport Authority received a $3.22 million Federal Aviation Administration Project Grant (CFDA 20.106, Airport Improvement Program) awarded September 18, 2025, for apron reconstruction and obstruction removal at Meridian Regional Airport, with completion scheduled September 17, 2029. Grant work represents infrastructure development at the airport facility itself, distinct from the fuel-supply prime contract work.

Meridian Airport Authority's capability portfolio is narrow and specialized: fixed-price aviation turbine fuel procurement, storage, and distribution leveraging the Meridian Regional Airport's infrastructure to serve Department of Defense operations. The vendor acts as fuel supplier and logistics provider, not as an engineering, facility management, or broader airport operations contractor. The award record carries no evidence of subcontracting, facility management, security, or other ancillary services; the vendor's role is limited to jet fuel supply. Activity has been volatile — 67 awards in 2022, spiking to 1,578 in 2023, dropping to 270 in 2024, then rebounding to 1,262 in 2025 and 1,907 in 2026. This pattern reflects the granular, order-by-order nature of fuel procurement rather than growth or decline in contract scope. Only one award is scheduled to complete in the next twenty-four months, suggesting no material recompete cliff in that window; the primary IDC runs through March 31, 2027.

The vendor's federal footprint is atypical for a commercial contractor — it is a government entity (not a private firm) operating a public airport and leveraging its infrastructure as a sole-source or single-award supplier to DLA Energy. This structural advantage, combined with the full-and-open competitive award of the parent IDC, means the vendor faces limited threat from traditional federal contractors competing under GSA Schedules or GWACs. The fuel-supply market itself is commodity-based, fixed-price, and operationally driven by DLA Energy's regional logistics and fuel distribution needs.