Wayne County Airport Authority

Wayne County Airport Authority, doing business as Detroit Metropolitan Airport, is a local government airport authority that operates Detroit Metropolitan Airport and functions as a federal grant recipient under the Federal Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program and as a service provider to the Transportation Security Administration and General Services Administration through facility-lease and facility-services agreements. The authority receives no set-aside designations; it competes on an unrestricted basis as a government entity.

The authority's federal footprint centers on airport infrastructure investment and airport facility management. As a grant recipient, Wayne County Airport Authority has secured substantial FAA funding under CFDA 20.106 (Airport Improvement Program) and related programs for taxiway reconstruction, runway shifting, passenger boarding bridge replacement, vehicle movement area equipment modernization, access road rehabilitation, and emissions-reduction infrastructure including gate electrification and pre-conditioned air units. Representative grant work includes a $29.9 million FAA award (September 18, 2025, completion September 17, 2029) to reconstruct 3,500 feet of existing Taxiway K pavement; a $21 million FAA award (May 28, 2025, completion May 27, 2029) to reconstruct 15 existing passenger boarding bridges; an $82.5 million FAA award (August 2, 2024, completion August 1, 2028) to rehabilitate 10,000 feet of on-airport access road; and a $17.6 million FAA award (September 9, 2024, completion September 8, 2028) to construct the final 3,185-foot phase of an 8,617-foot taxiway. Across multiple lower-dollar awards, the authority has also installed emission-reduction equipment including pre-conditioned air units and ground power units totaling more than $26 million in combined potential value. On the services side, Wayne County Airport Authority holds a $240,000 purchase order from the Transportation Security Administration (awarded June 5, 2024, completion June 4, 2029) to provide exclusive firing range services supporting the TSA Detroit Metropolitan Airport Field Office, offering 12 firing positions accessible within 30 minutes of the airport with priority use for 90 days.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the Federal Aviation Administration's Great Lakes Region, which has awarded 38 of the 49 total FAA awards in the source data. The Transportation Security Administration and General Services Administration account for $33.7 million and $22.9 million in combined potential value, respectively, across lease and facility-services agreements. Combined potential value across all 325 awards totals $133.7 million; however, obligated dollars across the portfolio reach $1.15 billion, indicating substantial prior performance and program execution. Wayne County Airport Authority serves six distinct federal customer agencies.

The authority's award volume has declined in recent years — five awards in 2022, seven in 2023, six in 2024, three in 2025, and one through August 2026 — though the dollar magnitude of individual awards, particularly infrastructure grants, has grown. Only one award (combined potential value not specified in the source) faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting limited near-term recompete exposure.

Facility-lease and facility-management work flows through General Services Administration Basic Ordering Agreements, with the authority holding positions on five named GSA BOAs: GS05B17514 (72 task orders, $33.1 million combined potential value), GS05B18127 (32 task orders, $48.9 million combined potential value), and GS05B17515 (50 task orders, $7.2 million combined potential value). The authority's work is categorized primarily under NAICS 532113 (Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings except Miniwarehouses) with 197 awards and PSC Lease/Rental of Office Buildings (99 awards), reflecting the leasing and facility-management character of its GSA work, alongside NAICS 481111 (Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation) with 11 awards capturing the FAA infrastructure and operational work. Place of performance is Detroit, Michigan and Ypsilanti, Michigan (Detroit Metropolitan Airport area) for all grant and service work.