FTA Project Management Oversight Program

The Federal Transit Administration established a Master IDIQ for project management oversight services on September 18, 2019, with ordering authority ending September 17, 2024. The vehicle is closed to new task orders and no longer accepting work.

Combined potential value across 222 awarded task orders is $241.4 million, with $234.1 million obligated (97% drawn). FTA awarded 87 orders in 2020, the peak year, then averaged 29 orders annually through 2024. The most recent task order was issued on September 23, 2024—three days before the vehicle's ordering deadline—indicating ordering activity continued through the final permitted date.

Scope spans project management oversight for FTA's major capital transit infrastructure projects, including Fixed Guideways, Core Capacity Projects, and Small Starts investments. Awarded work covers named transit projects such as the Caltrain Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project ($1.816 million, Cost Plus Fixed Fee), Hudson Tunnel Projects ($10.622 million, Cost Plus Fixed Fee), and the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project ($1.240 million). Task orders also fund annual Capital Project Management Workshops (typically $15,000 to $55,000, Firm Fixed Price). Pricing is split between Cost Plus Fixed Fee arrangements for major projects and Firm Fixed Price for training and workshop events.

Competition is moderately concentrated among 20 distinct primes. KAL Krishnan Consulting Services, Inc. leads with 20 orders totaling $31.4 million combined potential value. David Evans and Associates, Inc., Urban Engineers, Inc., Burns Engineering, Inc., and PMO Partnership JV, LLC collectively hold significant shares. These five firms account for 57 percent of combined potential value, with a broader field of 15 additional contractors holding the remaining 43 percent. All 222 orders were awarded without set-asides under unrestricted competition.

FTA is the sole customer, placing all 222 orders and committing the entire vehicle potential value. Work is performed nationwide across multiple FTA regions for transit agencies and capital projects located in diverse geographic areas.

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has contracted multiple firms to provide project management oversight (PMO) support services for select capital projects. FTA defines oversight as a continuous review and evaluation of grantee and FTA processes to ensure compliance with statutory, administrative, and regulatory requirements. The Office of Capital Project Management, within the Office of Program Management (TPM), develops and implements a program of project management oversight for major transit infrastructure projects (i.e. Fixed Guideways, Core Capacity Projects, and Small Starts investment, etc....). The purpose of the Project Management Oversight Program is to ensure project sponsors have the technical capacity, capability, and appropriate plans to deliver the planned scope of major capital projects on schedule and within budget.