National Transportation Systems Center

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration National Transportation Systems Center, a civilian sub-agency of the FAA within the Department of Transportation, procures engineering and construction services supporting aviation system modernization and facility development initiatives. The Center issues contracts at modest scale and operates as a customer organization relying on established procurement channels rather than as a primary contracting authority.

The Center has awarded 82 contracts since 2014, totaling $2.4 million in combined potential value, with all dollars obligated. Recent activity has declined: the Center issued 3 awards in 2023, 2 in 2024, and 2 in 2025, down from a 4-award baseline in 2022 and 3 in 2021. The most recent recorded award date is June 3, 2025. Across the portfolio history, 25 distinct prime contractors have been awarded work, indicating a highly fragmented competitive base. Over the last five years, the top five primes by award count hold 64 percent of recent awards, led by Elevar Design Group Inc. (2 awards, $27 thousand combined potential value) and Architura Corporation (2 awards, $32 thousand combined potential value). By potential value, the top five cover only 26 percent of recent combined value, with LEO A. Daly LLC the leading single awardee at $266 thousand across 1 award, followed by Pdg, Inc. at $173 thousand. The wide gap between by-count and by-value concentration reflects a portfolio of small, mostly uniform-dollar awards with occasional larger tasks; no contractor dominates by both measures.

The Center's contract mix is overwhelmingly open competition: 95 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation, 4 percent are total small-business set-asides, and 1 percent is 8(a) sole-source. The highly fragmented award pattern and modest total spend indicate the Center functions primarily as a low-velocity, open-market customer for specialized engineering and construction support rather than as a significant buyer for any single vendor type. No recent contract opportunities are recorded against the Center or its descendant offices.