The American Association Of Port Authorities

The American Association of Port Authorities, a Washington, D.C.-based tax-exempt non-profit organization, functions as a prime recipient on federal grants and a prime contractor on small federal procurements, with all recent awards in the civilian sector and no subcontracting footprint.

AAPA's federal footprint centers on maritime infrastructure research and port-sector engagement work. The vendor holds a five-year, $550,000 cooperative agreement with the U.S. Maritime Administration under the Maritime Studies and Innovations program (CFDA 20.820), awarded June 17, 2026 through June 16, 2031, to develop analytical tools and conduct research on port infrastructure planning, asset management, resiliency modules, and marine transportation system advancement, with deliverables including updates to the Port Planning and Investment Toolkit and white papers on maritime operations and data research. AAPA also subrecipients on a $5.9 million grant from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. On the contract side, AAPA holds small purchase orders from the International Trade Administration (ITA) for conference space leasing — including a $31,000 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded November 25, 2022 for the Annual Ports Conference and a $9,850 purchase order from August 2021, both non-competitive — and has received multiple awards from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Transportation for similar conference and professional services.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward NOAA (9 awards, $38,000 combined potential value) and ITA (2 awards, $41,000 combined potential value), together representing 94% of awards by count; the Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary dominates potential-value ranking at $150,000 across one award. Combined potential value across all sixteen awards totals $233,000, but actual obligated dollars stand at $6.6 million, driven by the large MARAD cooperative agreement. Award activity is sparse and sporadic — one award in 2026, one in 2022, one in 2021, one in 2020, and two in 2019 — with no parent IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs in the source data. The vendor's federal profile reflects its organizational mission: a membership-based port-industry association providing research, conference convening, and technical assistance to maritime agencies and stakeholders rather than a commercial contractor.