State Of Washington

State Of Washington Department Of Ecology (Ecology) receives federal grants as recipient and sub-recipient, with 97% of its 714 tracked awards appearing as prime recipient on environmental protection and natural resource management initiatives across 41 federal agencies. The agency operates as a U.S. state government entity headquartered in Lacey, Washington, and competes in full-and-open federal funding with no SBA set-asides; it is a child entity within Washington Dept Of Public Inst.

Ecology's concrete capability portfolio centers on water quality protection, habitat restoration, coastal resilience, environmental monitoring, and regulatory program administration. Representative grant work spans water quality management (EPA Region 10 Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants totaling tens of millions annually for low-interest financing to municipalities), coastal habitat restoration (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Zone Management and habitat restoration grants ranging from $280 thousand to $73.6 million for shoreline protection, estuary restoration, and climate adaptation), environmental site assessment and brownfield remediation (EPA Section 128(a) and similar grants funding inventory, assessment, and cleanup planning), dam safety administration (Federal Emergency Management Agency National Dam Safety Program grants), and water monitoring infrastructure (U.S. Geological Survey hydrography and aquifer monitoring networks). A representative $5.8 million NOAA Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration award funds the Hoko Watershed Restoration Project (October 2025–September 2028) to restore 4.3 miles of channel, 351 acres of floodplain, and associated riparian habitat in partnership with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition and Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. A $73.6 million NOAA Cooperative Agreement (October 2024–September 2029) funds transformational coastal climate resilience initiatives including habitat restoration, shoreline realignment, and stormwater improvements across Washington's coastal zone. A $2.0 million EPA Brownfields grant (October 2025–September 2030) funds environmental site assessments and cleanup planning for hazardous substance sites statewide.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to EPA Region 10 (208 awards by count) and NOAA (75 awards), with Environmental Protection Agency across all regions accounting for the plurality. Top-dollar customers include Naval Facilities Engineering Command ($350 thousand across nine awards), Forest Service R6–Pacific Northwest Region ($132 thousand), Bureau of Reclamation ($50 thousand), and National Park Service Pacific West Region ($31 thousand). This concentration reflects Ecology's primary mission delivering state-level environmental program administration and restoration funded by EPA and NOAA rather than defense or civilian agency procurement.

Ecology sits on multiple parent vehicles: Blanket Purchase Agreement 101813D034 (four task orders, $108 thousand combined potential value), Basic Ordering Agreement GS10B07150 (two task orders, $2.3 million), and Indefinite Delivery Contract INF101813D034 (two task orders, $162 thousand). Activity has remained steady to growing year over year—28 awards in 2022, climbing to 48 in 2024—with 46 awards reaching completion inside the next twenty-four months and presenting recompete opportunity. Recent grant awards from March 2025 onward include the $6.9 million EPA Clean Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program (January 2025–December 2026) to replace 13 school buses with zero-emission vehicles, $51.4 million EPA Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grant (July 2025–June 2030) for low-interest municipal water infrastructure loans, and $1.5 million USGS Building the National Map award (September 2025–August 2028) for elevation-derived hydrography dataset development.

In its sub-recipient capacity, Ecology passes through federal grants to partner organizations including local health jurisdictions, tribal governments, conservation districts, and universities. The $270.7 thousand EPA Beach Monitoring and Notification Program grant (December 2025–November 2026) flows through Ecology to nine local health jurisdictions consolidated under Washington Department of Health to monitor fifty recreational beaches for water quality. Ecology administers sub-awards to entities such as the North Olympic Salmon Coalition, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Skagit Land Trust, and Great Peninsula Conservancy for habitat acquisition and restoration projects. The source also documents AmeriCorps funding flowing through Washington State Office of Financial Management to support the Washington Conservation Corps, an environmental service program housed within Ecology.

Ecology's award portfolio reflects its statutory mission under Washington state law and federal delegation agreements as the state's primary environmental regulator. It holds delegated authority from EPA for Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act program administration and receives corresponding formula grants. The agency manages the state's coastal zone management program approved under the Coastal Zone Management Act and receives annual NOAA funding for coastal planning, hazard assessment, and resilience initiatives. Federal funding covers both internal program operations—staff, monitoring networks, database systems—and pass-through capitalization grants to support local government and tribal partner implementation of water quality, habitat, and climate adaptation projects throughout Washington.