Town Of Chincoteague

Town of Chincoteague, a U.S. municipal government entity headquartered in Chincoteague, Virginia, provides dispatch, radio communications, and 911 emergency response services to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge as a prime contractor on firm-fixed-price purchase orders, with no set-aside designation. The town operates as a local government authority rather than a commercial vendor and competes for federal work on a full-and-open basis.

The town's federal footprint centers entirely on emergency communications and public safety support. Five recent Fish and Wildlife Service purchase orders spanning 2022 through December 2025 comprise the visible contract work: a $12,607.44 award (January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022); a $12,922.68 award (December 30, 2022 through December 31, 2023); a $13,245.72 award (January 24, 2024 through December 31, 2024); a $5,850 ratification of unauthorized commitment for dispatch services (January 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026); and a $6,000 purchase order (December 22, 2025 through December 21, 2026). These awards reflect an ongoing annual relationship with the agency dating to at least 2019. In addition to contract work, the town received a Byrne/JAG grant sub-award on July 1, 2025 from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services to purchase and install CCTV cameras at critical intersections and high-traffic areas to enhance public safety and investigative capabilities. The town also receives FTA 5311 operating grants for rural public transportation services (sub-awards dated September 2024 and September 2023).

Customer concentration is narrow and stable. The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 anchors the portfolio with 11 awards and $210 thousand combined potential value, accounting for the majority of the town's recent activity. The National Park Service Northeast Region (2 awards, $118 thousand), the broader Fish and Wildlife Service (3 awards, $26 thousand), and Fish and Wildlife Service Regions 4 and 6 (3 awards combined, $25 thousand) complete the top-customer set. These five Interior sub-offices account for 86% of combined potential value across all awards. The town holds no seats on GWACs, BPAs, or agency-wide IDIQs; all awards are direct purchase orders or grants from Interior and USDA. Across the recent thirty-three-award footprint, the town operates as a prime on 91% of work, with three grant sub-awards representing the 9% sub-receipt activity. The combined potential value across all federal awards stands at $443 thousand, though cumulative obligations exceed potential value at $2.2 million, reflecting annual reauthorizations and re-awards of the recurring dispatch contract. Activity has remained low and irregular — one to three awards per year over the past five years — with only two awards reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months.