Rhode Island Airport Corp

Rhode Island Airport Corporation, a state government entity and airport authority headquartered in Warwick, Rhode Island, receives federal grants as a prime recipient focused on airport infrastructure development and modernization. The vendor operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient with no federal contract prime or subcontract footprint; all 297 awards in the source are grants administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106, 20.116, 20.117) and related infrastructure and emergency-response programs.

The Rhode Island Airport Corporation manages multiple public-use airports across Rhode Island, including Theodore Francis Green Memorial State Airport (Warwick), North Kingstown Airport, Block Island Airport, Newport Airport, and Westerly Airport. Its grant-funded work centers on concrete airport infrastructure: runway reconstruction and rehabilitation (including phases of 2,600 to 6,000 linear feet of pavement resurfacing), apron construction and expansion (cargo aprons, terminal aprons, general aviation aprons ranging from 4,500 to 60,000 square yards), taxiway rehabilitation and reconfiguration, terminal building modernization (including lighting systems, baggage handling systems, wayfinding signage, and public address system replacement), security enhancements, obstruction removal and avigation easement acquisition, drainage and erosion control systems, weather observing equipment installation, and perimeter fencing. Representative awards include a $34.06 million project grant (August 2025, CFDA 20.106) for Phase 2 of runway rehabilitation at Warwick; a $25.75 million project grant (August 2024, CFDA 20.106) for Phase 5 of a 60,000-square-yard cargo apron construction at Warwick; a $13.97 million project grant (May 2026, CFDA 20.117) for cargo apron construction; and a $10.53 million project grant (July 2025, CFDA 20.106) for Phase 1 terminal reconstruction at Warwick encompassing 157,000 square feet of terminal space.

Customer concentration is dominated by the FAA. The top two customer agencies by award count—the Federal Aviation Administration New England Region and the Federal Aviation Administration (national office)—account for approximately 59% of awards. The Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration places 16 awards totaling $40.8 million in combined potential value, primarily for security enhancement projects. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Central Office has issued 15 awards worth $27.7 million, driven by one large placement on the GSA Basic Ordering Agreement GS01B04260. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation also receives cooperative agreements from the Air Force Air National Guard for runway repair (CFDA 12.400 and 12.401); the two largest such awards total $26.37 million (September 2023) and $2.66 million (April 2022) for repair of Runway 1 and Runway 16-34 at Quonset State Airport.

The vendor also holds a federal grant history anchored to emergency response and pandemic relief. American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) awards from the FAA and American Rescue Plan Act COVID-19 Airports Programs (CFDA 20.106) provided economic relief to airports and concessions at Warwick, North Kingstown, Pawtucket, and Newport between December 2021 and January 2026, with grants supporting operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and debt service payments. Total obligations across all awards in the source exceed $580.6 million, more than five times the combined potential value of $115.2 million, indicating substantial completed and invoiced work.

Activity has remained modest and relatively flat. The vendor received eleven awards in 2022, thirteen in 2023, and eight awards in each of 2024, 2025, and 2026 (through June). Only four awards are scheduled for ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete pressure and a stable multi-year grant execution pipeline extending through 2029 across most active projects.