Federal sub-agency · Department of Transportation

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration obligated $83.6M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 255 contract actions (−25% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATORS, THE ($7.7M). It also awarded $603.7M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$83.6M
Actions
255
New awards: 47
Sole-source
18%
Small business
67%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 73.2MFY2017
  2. 63.7MFY2018
  3. 51.4MFY2019
  4. 58.9MFY2020
  5. 76.4MFY2021
  6. 95.5MFY2022
  7. 98.1MFY2023
  8. 122.9MFY2024
  9. 111.7MFY2025
  10. 83.6MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATORS, THE$7.7M9.2%
  2. CHANGEIS, INC.$7.2M8.6%
  3. REVEAL GLOBAL CONSULTING LLC$6.6M7.9%
  4. SOHUM SYSTEMS LLC$6.2M7.4%
  5. IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC$5.5M6.6%
  6. NEW EDITIONS, INC.$5M6.0%
  7. SPATIAL FRONT INC$4.7M5.7%
  8. STRATACOMM, LLC$3.5M4.1%
  9. SENTURE LLC$3.1M3.8%
  10. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$3M3.5%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. IT & telecom$47.6M57%
  2. Professional services$30.5M36%
  3. Research & development$2.5M3.0%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$1.8M2.1%
  5. Education & social services$1.3M1.6%
  6. Health & medical$70.2K0.1%
  7. Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$5,0000.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. Virginia$36.2M43%
  2. District of Columbia$21.1M25%
  3. Maryland$7.5M9.0%
  4. Kansas$5.5M6.6%
  5. Kentucky$3.1M3.8%
  6. New York$2.6M3.1%
  7. Colorado$2.1M2.6%
  8. California$1.6M1.9%
  9. Minnesota$1.1M1.3%
  10. Texas$825.9K1.0%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition56%
    US 39% · $46.8M
  • Sole-source awards18%
    US 30% · $14.8M
  • Single-offer competitions38%
    US 8.7% · $32M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0
  • Year-end rush26%
    US 6.0% · $21.7M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing5.1%
    US 4.2% · $4.3M

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Offices with the most sole-source money

  1. 693JJ4 OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MGT$14.8M18%

Largest awards

  1. CUSTOMER INSURANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SUPPORT (CIRIS)SERVICES CONTRACT$105.6M
    SENTURE LLC· Laurel County, KY· Professional services· Feb 4, 2020 – Jul 31, 2026· 693JJ420F000007
  2. CUSTOMER INSURANCE REGISTRATION INFORMATION SUPPORT - 2ND GENERATION BRIDGE$24M
    SENTURE LLC· Laurel County, KY· Professional services· Sep 30, 2025 – May 29, 2026· 693JJ425F00054N
  3. FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (FMCSA)APPLICATION OPERATIONS.$17.4M
    SPATIAL FRONT INC· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Apr 28, 2021 – Apr 16, 2026· 693JJ421F000026
  4. SPEND PLAN ID: FY21-C-022.1 AND FY21-C-022.2 THIS ACTION IS TO AWARD A NEW TASK ORDER TO TIPPING POINT SOLUTIONS, LLC FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE NTC. THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE BASE PERIOD SHALL BE FROM 08$15.2M
    TIPPING POINT SOLUTIONS, INC.· Douglas County, CO· Education & social services· Aug 23, 2021 – Aug 12, 2026· 693JJ421F000045
  5. UNIFIED REGISTRATION SYSTEM (URS)$12.7M
    CHANGEIS, INC.· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Oct 18, 2023 – Jul 1, 2026· 693JJ424F00002N
  6. IDENTITY VERIFICATION SUPPORT SERVICES (IVSS)$11.7M
    IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC· Fairfax County, VA· IT & telecom· May 29, 2024 – Sep 28, 2026· 693JJ424F00027N
  7. CDLIS GATEWAY SERVICES AND SUPPORT BRIDGE TASK ORDER$11M
    TECHANAX LLC· Prince William County, VA· IT & telecom· Mar 21, 2023 – Mar 20, 2026· 693JJ423F00015N
  8. TITLE: COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM (CDLIS) SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT-AAMVA. FMCSA PROCURES (IT) SERVICES TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE SUSTAINMENT OF THE CDLIS.$10.4M
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATORS, THE· Arlington County, VA· IT & telecom· Jul 31, 2025 – Sep 21, 2026· 693JJ425C000001

Federal grants & assistance awarded

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration obligated $603.7M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 262 actions (186 new awards), +30% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.218 · Motor Carrier Safety Assistance ($462.7M).

Assistance · FY2026
$603.7M
New awards
186
Actions
262
Since FY2021
$3.2B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 369.8MFY2021
  2. 543.3MFY2022
  3. 591.9MFY2023
  4. 606.6MFY2024
  5. 464.4MFY2025
  6. 603.7MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$603.7M100%

Top programs

  1. 20.218 · Motor Carrier Safety Assistance$462.7M77%
  2. 20.237 · Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities Grants and Cooperative Agreements$64.2M11%
  3. 20.232 · Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation Grant$59.1M9.8%
  4. 20.243 · Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Training and Support$15M2.5%
  5. 20.235 · Commercial Motor Vehicle Operator Safety Training Grants$2.7M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$51.4M8.5%
    AUSTIN, TX
  2. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES$22.6M3.8%
    TALLAHASSEE, FL
  3. MS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$22.1M3.7%
    JACKSON, MS
  4. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE SAFETY ALLIANCE$21.9M3.6%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  5. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$20.3M3.4%
    ALBANY, NY
  6. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$18.6M3.1%
    ATLANTA, GA
  7. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$18.1M3.0%
    SPRINGFIELD, IL
  8. DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE PENNSYLVANIA$17.9M3.0%
    HARRISBURG, PA

Where it went

  1. Texas$54.4M9.0%
  2. District of Columbia$24.9M4.1%
  3. Virginia$23.6M3.9%
  4. New York$23M3.8%
  5. Florida$22.8M3.8%
  6. Mississippi$22.1M3.7%
  7. North Carolina$21M3.5%
  8. Georgia$19.1M3.2%
  9. Illinois$18.2M3.0%
  10. Pennsylvania$18M3.0%

By state of the place of performance.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Subawards under this agency's awards

First-tier subawards that recipients of this agency's contracts and financial assistance reported, by the fiscal year of the subaward.

FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.6M (5 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $23.8M (26 subawards)

27 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF$9.2M36%
    TRENTON, NJ · 1 subaward
  2. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MISSOURI$2.9M11%
    JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 1 subaward
  3. TRANSPORTATION CABINET, KENTUCKY$1.6M6.1%
    FRANKFORT, KY · 1 subaward
  4. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MISSOURI$1.5M5.8%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
  5. BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI$1.4M5.6%
    KANSAS CITY, MO · 1 subaward
  6. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW JERSEY$1.2M4.6%
    TRENTON, NJ · 1 subaward
  7. SANSOFT LLC$1.1M4.2%
    MORRISVILLE, NC · 1 subaward
  8. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY$974.4K3.8%
    AMES, IA · 2 subawards
  9. SAINT LOUIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT$843.8K3.3%
    SAINT LOUIS, MO · 1 subaward
  10. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT MOTOR VEHICLES$838.2K3.3%
    RICHMOND, VA · 1 subaward

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Who lobbies this agency

Organizations whose quarterly lobbying reports list this agency as contacted, ranked by the reports' spending. A report's amount covers all its issues and every agency it lists; reports do not split it.

Lobbying in 2026
$20.7M
Clients
39
Reports
75

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. FEDEX CORPORATIONAI match · 100%$6M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  2. PEPSICO, INC.AI match · 91%$2.8M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Trade (domestic and foreign), Trucking and shipping, Environment and Superfund
  3. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION$2.2M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  4. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC.$1.3M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign), Trucking and shipping
  5. MOTOR & EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION$940K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Trade (domestic and foreign), Energy and nuclear
  6. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS$921.1K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  7. TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO$780K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  8. International Fresh Produce Association (fka United Fresh Produce Association)$685K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  9. OWNER OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION$645.3K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Trucking and shipping
  10. AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION$420K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  11. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA$412.3K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  12. PACCAR INC$340K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Trade (domestic and foreign), Trucking and shipping
  13. Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO$320K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Budget and appropriations
  14. Association For Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International$300K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace, Trade (domestic and foreign)
  15. National Grain and Feed Association$295.1K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Trade (domestic and foreign), Agriculture

2 more clients ($90K) are counted but not named: their names may be a person's.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Oct 5, 2026.

Committees that oversee and fund it

Congressional committees whose jurisdiction includes this agency, and the appropriations subcommittees that write its spending bill (Analisa's reading of the House and Senate rules; committees share jurisdiction). Leaders as currently published.

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Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.