Project Management Oversight Services II

The Federal Transit Administration awarded a Master IDIQ for project management oversight (PMO) services for select capital projects on July 29, 2009; ordering closed on February 23, 2016, making this vehicle no longer active for new task orders.

The vehicle succeeded Project Management Oversight Services I and has itself been succeeded by Project Management Oversight Services III (awarded September 18, 2014). FTA defines oversight as continuous review and evaluation of grantee and FTA processes to ensure compliance with statutory, administrative, and regulatory requirements. Task orders acquired contract and program support, project management review services, and technical review services across the FTA grant portfolio, including support for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects, TIGER-funded projects, and Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

The portfolio encompassed 171 task orders with a combined potential value of $412 million, of which $244.1 million (59 percent) was obligated by the time ordering authority expired. Task-order activity peaked early: 2010 saw 35 orders; subsequent years (2011–2014) ranged between 17 and 26 orders annually. All task orders were awarded without set-asides on an unrestricted, competitive basis. All 171 orders funded FTA programs exclusively.

Competition was moderately concentrated among 20 distinct primes. Urban Engineers, Inc. held the largest share by combined potential value with eight orders totaling $39.7 million. Burns Engineering, Inc. and Hill International, Inc. followed, each with 11 orders valued at $35.4 million and $32 million respectively. David Evans and Associates and Stantec Consulting Services completed the top five, holding seven and nine orders respectively. The five largest primes by potential value captured 40 percent of combined potential value across the vehicle.

Task-order ceilings typically ranged from roughly $1 million to $4 million. Representative recent orders included delivery order DTFT6009D00007-T13007 to Urban Engineers (ceiling $11.3 million, obligated $10.7 million), and delivery order DTFT6009D00006-T13010 (ceiling $4 million, obligated $717.6 thousand). Pricing was structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee across all orders. Performance locations included FTA regional offices nationwide and specific transit properties serving projects in multiple metropolitan areas (New York City, San Diego, San Antonio, Minneapolis, Charlotte, and others).

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has awarded a Master IDIQ for 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.