Airport Metro Connection, Inc.

Airport Metro Connection, Inc., doing business as Excellent Tours, is a minority-owned, SBA-certified 8(a) program participant providing shuttle bus services, motor coach transportation, and executive transportation to federal civilian and defense agencies exclusively as a prime contractor. The company is based in Hyattsville, Maryland, and holds active 8(a) certification through July 9, 2026; it is also self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and DOT-certified as a disadvantaged business enterprise. Airport Metro Connection competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides (Competitive 8(a) and 8(a) Sole Source designations dominate the prime footprint) alongside unrestricted awards on larger vehicles.

The vendor's customer base concentrates heavily within the Department of Health and Human Services. The top customer by potential value is HHS's National Institutes of Health Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, which accounts for 9 awards worth $34.8 million combined potential value. HHS's NIH Office of the Director follows with 17 awards valued at $7.9 million; together, these two HHS entities represent 26 awards and roughly $42.7 million, capturing about 45% of the vendor's combined potential value. The Department of Health and Human Services's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response anchors a single $19.5 million award. The Army National Guard Readiness Center, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Defense Security Cooperation Agency round out the top tier, reflecting a mixed civilian-defense posture but with strong civilian agency dominance by dollar magnitude.

Airport Metro Connection holds two primary indefinite delivery vehicles. The largest is a single-award Competitive 8(a) IDIQ (75N98024D00008) with the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, ceiling $23.76 million, running through May 31, 2027, against which 25 delivery orders have been issued totaling $18.9 million in combined potential value. A second single-award 8(a) Sole Source definitive contract with Washington Headquarters Service (awarded February 1, 2022, ceiling $4.24 million, through January 31, 2027) provides shuttle bus services in the Washington, Virginia area. The vendor also holds a Federal Supply Schedule contract (Multiple Award Schedule, ceiling $500,000, through February 23, 2028) managed by the Federal Acquisition Service, enabling multi-agency ordering for ground transportation at pre-negotiated rates. A Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (ceiling $1.505 million, through December 29, 2030) represents newer vehicle capacity. Recent major definitive contracts include a $13.31 million Competitive 8(a) award from the Army National Guard Readiness Center (September 15, 2025, through March 14, 2030) for daily bus shuttle services at the Training and Readiness Center in Arlington, Virginia; a $1.96 million 8(a) Sole Source contract with USDA for headquarters shuttle services (January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029); an $1.86 million 8(a) Sole Source DHS USCIS award for executive transportation and shuttle services at Camp Springs, Maryland (February 24, 2025, through February 23, 2030, representing Option 1 exercise); and a $789,100 8(a) Sole Source Department of Education contract for shuttle services in Washington, DC (July 11, 2023, through October 1, 2025).

Activity has grown sharply—from 2 awards in 2022 to 17 in 2025—reflecting expanding market penetration within federal transportation procurement. Only 2 awards (combined potential value $7.3 million) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure relative to the vendor's $95.2 million combined potential value footprint. Airport Metro Connection operates as a pure prime across its federal footprint (100% of awards are prime; zero subcontract activity), building all delivery with internal resources and vendor-supplied vehicles rather than through teaming arrangements.

The vendor's work spans all transportation and ground passenger modes under PSC Transportation/Travel/Relocation, with 40 awards coded to "All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation" NAICS and secondary concentration in charter bus and scheduled passenger air transportation. Service Contract Inventory data, which covers federal contracts above $150,000, shows minimal SCI reporting footprint: $2.8 million invoiced in FY2024 across 13.8 FTEs delivered to federal agencies under six SCI-reportable contracts. Government-paid hourly rates on those contracts ranged from $58.97/hr at the 10th percentile to $78.70/hr at the 90th percentile, with a median of $78.44/hr, reflecting driver and administrative labor pricing typical of ground transportation contracting. SCI subcontractor hours averaged 14% of total contractor hours across prime contracts, with three named subcontractors documented, though the vast majority of delivery relies on Airport Metro Connection's direct workforce. The SCI dataset captures only a small slice of the vendor's federal activity—most transportation orders are structured as firm fixed-price delivery orders under IDIQs and the GSA schedule, which fall outside SCI reporting thresholds or are classified as goods and services rather than reportable service contracts.

We provide charter and shuttle transportation service in Washington Metropolitan Area.