Sanford Airport Authority

Sanford Airport Authority's Airport Finance Division, a U.S. local government entity operating Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Florida, acts as a prime recipient of federal airport infrastructure grants and as a lease and facility operator for the Transportation Security Administration and General Services Administration. The division does not compete for federal contracts under set-aside categories; it operates as a government entity eligible for direct federal grants and facility-lease purchase orders from civilian agencies.

The division's federal footprint centers on airport capital infrastructure funded through the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) and related infrastructure grant vehicles. Sanford Airport Authority has received eighteen federal grants totaling $13.9 million in potential value across recent awards, with combined obligated dollars of $228.6 million — a figure reflecting multi-year disbursements against completed and in-progress runway, taxiway, terminal, and airfield safety projects. Representative grants include a $13.2 million Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region award dated July 13, 2026, for final-phase construction of a 2,800-foot Taxiway A extension; a $3.46 million award dated July 25, 2025, for replacement of an aging Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle and wildlife hazard mitigation construction; a $1.003 million award dated June 4, 2025, for taxiway extension design; and a $629,950 award dated July 25, 2025, for comprehensive master plan update and solid waste recycling plan development. The division also received a $120,000 grant from the Federal Highway Administration's Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) dated January 12, 2026, to develop a comprehensive safety action plan for airport-maintained roadways.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Federal Aviation Administration Southern Region, which accounts for 25 awards (and additional FAA awards from the national level bring the combined FAA footprint to 47 awards). The Transportation Security Administration represents the second-largest customer by potential value, with 11 awards totaling $2 million, primarily a $12,000 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded June 1, 2025, for the lease of 21 strands of dark fiber optic cable with connectors and maintenance services at Orlando Sanford International Airport, structured as an 8(a) sole source contract with a base year and four one-year option periods through May 31, 2030. The General Services Administration contributes 3 awards valued at $1.2 million combined for facility leasing. The division has acted as sub-recipient on two Federal Emergency Management Agency grants funded through the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management (drainage system and airport culvert projects dated February 2025 and January 2024, respectively).

The division's primary NAICS coding reflects its operational structure: Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) dominates the portfolio at 58 awards, with Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing and electrical contracting representing secondary categories tied to infrastructure and TSA telecommunications projects. The division sits on Basic Ordering Agreement GS04B45806 with 57 task orders valued at $11.1 million combined. Activity has grown modestly — two awards annually in 2022 and 2023, rising to four in 2024 and six in 2025, with three awards recorded to date in 2026. Three awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure relative to the authority's grant-heavy, multi-year infrastructure pipeline.