Bert Mooney Airport

Bert Mooney Airport, a municipal airport authority based in Butte, Montana, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants and as a prime contractor delivering helibase operations and airport infrastructure services to the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, with no subcontracting activity and no set-aside designations across its federal footprint.

Bert Mooney Airport's federal work divides into two distinct lines of business. The dominant activity is airport real-estate leasing under GSA Basic Ordering Agreements — 94 awards across NAICS 5110 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings) account for the plurality of the airport's contract awards. The secondary line is federal grant funding for airport infrastructure modernization and wildland fire support. The airport holds two IDIQs issued by the National Interagency Fire Center: a $250 thousand multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract effective through December 2027 for helibase operations in support of wildland fire incidents, and an expired $100 thousand land-use agreement for helibase operations at the airport in Butte. Recent contract work under the active helibase IDIQ includes a $34,700 delivery order from the USDA Forest Service Northern Region in September 2025 for incident support services in Dillon, Montana, a $34,750 delivery order in June 2024 for incident management assistance, and a $26,400 delivery order in September 2023. On the grant side, the airport is a recipient under the FAA Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106, 20.116, and 20.117). Recent grants include a $1.23 million grant awarded July 2026 for taxiway and apron resurfacing under CFDA 20.117, a $1.41 million grant awarded June 2026 for Phase 2 runway and taxiway rehabilitation under CFDA 20.117, a $1.13 million grant awarded April 2026 under CFDA 20.116 for Phase 2 runway rehabilitation, a $658 thousand grant awarded July 2025 for security equipment acquisition and pavement management planning under CFDA 20.106, and a $542 thousand grant awarded July 2025 for snow removal equipment acquisition under CFDA 20.106. Earlier grants funded passenger boarding bridge installations, apron strengthening with flood lighting, aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment, and pavement sealing.

The airport's customer concentration reflects the split between real-estate leasing and infrastructure investment. GSA Public Buildings Service Central Office ranks first by combined potential value at $1 million across 15 awards, predominantly lease-and-rental BOA task orders. The FAA Northwest Mountain Region leads by award count (29 awards), driven by infrastructure grant activity. The USDA Forest Service Northern Region and National Interagency Fire Center together account for 9 awards valued at $485 thousand, anchored by helibase operations. The TSA accounts for 5 awards at $636 thousand. The top five customers cover 46% of recent awards by count and 64% by combined potential value. The airport's vehicle footprint sits on GSA Schedule BOAs: GS08B14252 carries 35 task orders at $1 million combined potential value, GS08B14053 carries 34 task orders at $294 thousand, GS08B14572 carries 5 task orders at $630 thousand, and GS08B13800 carries 16 task orders at $12 thousand.

Activity over the past five years shows modest recent volume: 5 awards in 2022, 7 in 2023, 5 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 3 in 2026, with 156 total awards and combined potential value of $3.3 million against $47.6 million in obligated dollars. The airport does not serve as a subcontractor; all 156 awards are prime awards. The combined potential value of awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months is limited, with only 3 awards facing recompete exposure.