Salina Airport Authority

Salina Airport Authority, a U.S. local government entity and municipal airport operator, provides hangar and facility leasing services to the Department of Defense and federal civil agencies as a prime contractor, competing exclusively on full-and-open (unrestricted) basis with no set-aside designation. The authority operates the Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, and holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ceiling $307,170, established March 2024, running through March 2029) for recurring hangar rental orders.

The authority's federal contracting footprint centers on real estate and facility leasing. Recent prime contract work includes a $30,705 BPA call from Air Combat Command for a 34,000 square foot hangar lease (awarded February 2026), a $102,481 purchase order from NASA Shared Services Center for use of airport facilities supporting military operations (May–July 2022), and recurring Army Forces Command hangar rental orders ranging from $9,275 to $35,070 for temporary basing of rotary and fixed-wing aircraft. Top contract customers by award count are Air Combat Command (22 awards, $888 thousand combined potential value) and Army Forces Command (16 awards, $223 thousand), with a secondary customer base including GSA Public Buildings Service Central Office (15 awards, $1.9 million), which dominates by potential value. The authority competes across two large GSA Basic Ordering Agreements (GS06B30010 with 80 task orders and GS06B80079 with 31 task orders) for office building and airfield structure leasing, generating $638 thousand and $3.9 million in combined potential value respectively.

Salina Airport Authority's primary NAICS footprint is Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (61 awards) and Other Airport Operations (46 awards), with PSC codes concentrated in Lease/Rental of Office Buildings (55 awards) and Lease/Rental of Other Airfield Structures (20 awards). The authority has received substantial federal grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106), including recent prime grants for terminal expansion ($6.76 million, August 2024), runway reconstruction ($3.79 million, September 2024), runway and lighting rehabilitation ($2.06 million, August 2024), and terminal parking lot expansion ($2.13 million, September 2025). Earlier FAA grants funded fuel farm improvements ($2.60 million, August 2023), snow removal equipment acquisition (combined $1.33 million, July 2024), and COVID-19 pandemic relief ($1.08 million, August 2021). The authority also receives federal disaster assistance sub-grants from the Kansas Adjutant General Department for wind and structural damage repairs to airport facilities (awards dating 2022–2023).

Recent award activity has slowed: the portfolio shows 13 awards in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 1 in early 2026, compared to a baseline of 8–11 awards annually during 2022–2023. Combined potential value across all 212 prime and sub awards totals $6.7 million, though combined obligated dollars reach $48.4 million, indicating significant multi-year task order reuse on the GSA BOA vehicles. The authority does not compete as a subcontractor (only 3% of awards); the six sub-awards documented are federal grant subawards from the Kansas Adjutant General Department for disaster recovery work, not commercial subcontracting relationships.