FRA Support, Technical, Oversight, Review, And Monitoring (STORM)

The Federal Railroad Administration established a Master BPA for support, technical oversight, review, and monitoring (STORM) services on September 26, 2024, with ordering authority extending through September 25, 2029. The vehicle remains active with three years and two months of remaining ordering period.

Eight task orders have been awarded since February 2025, generating $55.8 million in combined potential value against which $19.2 million (34%) has been obligated. Activity peaked in 2025 with seven orders; only one order has been awarded year-to-date through early April 2026. All awarded task orders fund FRA programs exclusively, with no involvement from other federal agencies.

The awarded scope centers on planning, research, analysis, coordination, outreach, and facilitation supporting FRA's decisions on passenger rail governance restructuring and grant monitoring. Task orders are regionally scoped, covering FRA's Southeast, West, Southwest, and Southcentral regional development (RRD) offices. Pricing structures split between labor-hours and firm-fixed-price arrangements, with individual task-order ceilings ranging from approximately $619 thousand to $10.9 million and performance durations extending through mid-2028 to mid-2029.

Competition is moderately concentrated among three primes. Transystems Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. are co-dominant, with Transystems holding a slight edge: three orders valued at $24 million combined potential versus Booz Allen's four orders at $20.8 million. Atkinsrealis USA Inc. holds one order worth $11 million. Three-quarters of task orders carry no set-aside designation; the set-aside composition of the remaining two orders is not specified in the source.

New entrants face a narrowing window, as 75% of the vehicle's potential value has already been committed to the three current primes. The pronounced slowdown in ordering momentum—from seven orders in 2025 to one in the first quarter of 2026—suggests remaining procurement may be limited, concentrated, or subject to existing vehicle utilization patterns.