Federal sub-agency · Department of Transportation

Federal Transit Administration

Federal Transit Administration obligated $141M on federal contracts in FY2026 across 719 contract actions (+18% vs FY2025). Its largest recipient was GROUNDSWELL CORPORATION ($13.5M). It also awarded $19.1B in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$141M
Actions
719
New awards: 130
Sole-source
3.5%
Small business
53%
Open in the contracts explorerRelationship graphFederal contracts

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 106.9MFY2017
  2. 82.5MFY2018
  3. 91.7MFY2019
  4. 101.3MFY2020
  5. 97.5MFY2021
  6. 125.4MFY2022
  7. 154.3MFY2023
  8. 144.2MFY2024
  9. 119.2MFY2025
  10. 141MFY2026

Top recipients

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. GROUNDSWELL CORPORATION$13.5M9.6%
  2. GUIDEHOUSE INC.$10.8M7.7%
  3. INCENTIVE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC$9.4M6.7%
  4. DAVID EVANS AND ASSOCIATES, INC.$8.9M6.3%
  5. URBAN ENGINEERS, INC$8.6M6.1%
  6. BOYD CATON GROUP INC$7M4.9%
  7. KAL KRISHNAN CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.$5.4M3.8%
  8. DELON HAMPTON & ASSOCIATES, CHARTERED$4.4M3.1%
  9. BURNS ENGINEERING, INC.$4.4M3.1%
  10. TFC CONSULTING INC.$4.1M2.9%

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$129.7M92%
  2. IT & telecom$7.2M5.1%
  3. Research & development$2.4M1.7%
  4. Other equipment & supplies$1.2M0.8%
  5. Education & social services$363.3K0.3%
  6. Transportation & logistics$47.4K0.0%

Where the work was performed

  1. District of Columbia$55.6M39%
  2. Virginia$35.5M25%
  3. Pennsylvania$12.3M8.7%
  4. Oregon$8.9M6.3%
  5. California$8.3M5.9%
  6. Texas$5M3.6%
  7. New Jersey$3.6M2.5%
  8. Massachusetts$2.8M2.0%
  9. Florida$2.4M1.7%
  10. Maryland$2.3M1.6%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition14%
    US 39% · $19.3M
  • Sole-source awards3.5%
    US 30% · $5M
  • Single-offer competitions10%
    US 8.8% · $14.3M
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · -$39.9K
  • Year-end rush36%
    US 5.6% · $50.4M
  • Undefinitized contracts0.0%
    US 5.0% · $0
  • Time-and-materials pricing54%
    US 4.2% · $75.8M

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. 693195 OFFICE OF ACQUISITION MGT$5M3.5%

Largest awards

  1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CALL ORDER IS TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS (GSS).$19.1M
    GROUNDSWELL CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Jul 13, 2021 – Dec 18, 2025· 69319521F100016
  2. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CALL ORDER IS TO PROVIDE TRAMS SUPPORT.$17.6M
    GROUNDSWELL CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· Mar 11, 2021 – Mar 27, 2026· 69319521F100004
  3. ISSUE NEW BASE AWARD WITH FUNDING FOR THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL AUDIT PROGRAM.$11.6M
    CAHILL SWIFT LLC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 18, 2022 – Aug 4, 2026· 69319522C000002
  4. BOYD CATON GROUP, INC. (BCG) CONTRACT FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION'S (FTA) NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE (NTD) PROGRAM SUPPORT.$11.6M
    BOYD CATON GROUP INC· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· Sep 27, 2022 – May 20, 2026· 69319522C000004
  5. CONTRACT ADMIN. SUPPORT/3RD PARTY TECH SUPPORT NEW AWARD$11.4M
    PCI PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC· Fairfax County, VA· Professional services· May 5, 2022 – Jul 17, 2026· 69319522F30010N
  6. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE FTA'S OFFICE OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (TPM), IN WASHINGTON, DC, WITH PROGRAMMATIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT SERVICES$8.4M
    KAL KRISHNAN CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.· Contra Costa County, CA· Professional services· Sep 18, 2024 – Sep 21, 2026· 69319524F30146N
  7. THE PURPOSE OF THIS CALL ORDER IS TO SUPPORT ALL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION, AND TECHNICAL HELPDESK ACTIVITIES FOR THE TRAMS APPLICATION ON THE TRIAD PLATFORM.$7.9M
    GROUNDSWELL CORPORATION· District of Columbia, DC· IT & telecom· May 23, 2025 – May 21, 2026· 69319525F10006N
  8. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS TO PROVIDE CONTRACTOR SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT CONTRACT(S) ARE TO PROVIDE FTA WITH CONTRACT SUPPORT CAPABLE OF RENDERING CRITICAL PROJECTS.$7.8M
    DELON HAMPTON & ASSOCIATES, CHARTERED· District of Columbia, DC· Professional services· May 31, 2017 – Apr 27, 2026· 0003

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 Transit Administration obligated $19.1B in federal assistance in FY2026, on 5,094 actions (1,688 new awards), −19% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants ($7.5B).

Assistance · FY2026
$19.1B
New awards
1,688
Actions
5,094
Since FY2021
$156.1B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 31BFY2021
  2. 40.6BFY2022
  3. 20.9BFY2023
  4. 20.7BFY2024
  5. 23.8BFY2025
  6. 19.1BFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$19.1B100%

Top programs

  1. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$7.5B39%
  2. 20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program$4.3B22%
  3. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$2.3B12%
  4. 20.500 · Federal Transit Capital Investment Grants$1.9B9.8%
  5. 20.509 · Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program$1B5.4%
  6. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$493.3M2.6%
  7. 20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$403.9M2.1%
  8. 20.532 · Passenger Ferry Grant Program, Electric or Low-Emitting Ferry Pilot Program, and Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program$399.8M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

  1. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY$2.6B14%
    NEW YORK, NY
  2. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY$1.3B7.0%
    LOS ANGELES, CA
  3. CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY$905.7M4.7%
    CHICAGO, IL
  4. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY$763.5M4.0%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA
  5. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY$731.9M3.8%
    WASHINGTON, DC
  6. GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$700M3.7%
    NEW YORK, NY
  7. NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION$542.7M2.8%
    NEWARK, NJ
  8. AK STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION$450M2.4%
    JUNEAU, AK

Where it went

  1. New York$3.6B19%
  2. California$3.3B17%
  3. Illinois$1.5B8.0%
  4. Texas$1.2B6.1%
  5. Pennsylvania$1B5.3%
  6. District of Columbia$756.2M4.0%
  7. New Jersey$612.2M3.2%
  8. Alaska$519.8M2.7%
  9. Massachusetts$451.3M2.4%
  10. Florida$448.8M2.3%

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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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: $333K (3 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $1.3B (3,495 subawards)

1,746 sub-recipients

Largest sub-recipients

  1. GREEN MOUNTAIN TRANSIT AUTHORITY$26.9M2.1%
    BURLINGTON, VT · 6 subawards
  2. COUNTY OF JOHNSON$19.2M1.5%
    OLATHE, KS · 5 subawards
  3. HOCKING.ATHENS.PERRY COMMUNITY ACTION$19.1M1.5%
    GLOUSTER, OH · 19 subawards
  4. GREYHOUND LINES, INC.$17.4M1.3%
    DALLAS, TX · 21 subawards
  5. COUNTY OF HAWAII$17.2M1.3%
    HILO, HI · 4 subawards
  6. VALLEY METRO RAIL, INC$15.9M1.2%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 1 subaward
  7. PARK CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION$15M1.1%
    PARK CITY, UT · 5 subawards
  8. REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY$14.1M1.1%
    PHOENIX, AZ · 8 subawards
  9. KAUAI, COUNTY OF$13.7M1.0%
    LIHUE, HI · 3 subawards
  10. STAR TRANSIT$13.6M1.0%
    TERRELL, TX · 13 subawards

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 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
$10.3M
Clients
102
Reports
189

The whole amount of every report that lists this agency.

Organizations lobbying it, 2026

  1. Uber Technologies, Inc.AI match · 100%$2.2M
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
  2. American Public Transportation Association$1M
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  3. TRANSPORTATION TRADES DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO$780K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Railroads
  4. ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA$412.3K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  5. NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION$370K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  6. University of MichiganAI match · 100%$340K
    No FY2026 contracts in its family · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  7. Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO$320K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  8. San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District$240K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Homeland security
  9. ZEROEYES GOVERNMENT SOLUTION$170K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Homeland security, Government issues, Veterans
  10. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION$140K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Labor issues, antitrust and workplace
  11. RAILWAY SUPPLY INSTITUTE$140K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Railroads
  12. ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY$135K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Transportation, Budget and appropriations, Taxation and the Internal Revenue Code
  13. Southern California Regional Rail Authority$120K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Railroads, Transportation, Budget and appropriations
  14. ENVIRI$110K
    Not matched to a contract recipient · Railroads, Environment and Superfund, Roads and highways
  15. UTAH TRANSIT AUTHORITY (UTA)AI match · 100%$110K
    0.0% of its family's FY2026 contracts from this agency · Transportation

4 more clients ($287K) 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.