Airport Metro Connection, Inc.

Airport Metro Connection, Inc., doing business as Excellent Tours, is an SBA-certified 8(a) small disadvantaged business and Black American-owned company providing shuttle bus, motor coach, and executive transportation services exclusively as a prime contractor to federal agencies. Headquartered in Hyattsville, Maryland, the company operates 100% as a prime across its federal footprint with no subcontracting activity, delivering all services through internal resources and vendor-supplied vehicles. Airport Metro Connection competes predominantly under 8(a) set-asides (Competitive 8(a) and 8(a) Sole Source designations account for most large awards) and full-and-open calls.

The vendor's customer concentration centers on the National Institutes of Health's Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations, which dominates both award count and dollar value. Of 39 awards spanning the top five customer agencies, NIH OL&AO accounts for 10 awards valued at $39.4 million combined potential value (39% of the vendor's total awards portfolio), while the broader NIH Office of the Director accounts for 17 awards worth $7.9 million. These two NIH entities anchor 27 of the vendor's 55 recent prime awards. Outside NIH, the vendor holds significant work with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response ($19.5 million, one award), the Department of the Army National Guard Readiness Center ($13.3 million), the Department of Energy ($3.9 million), and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency ($1.5 million across four awards). The customer concentration is highly skewed toward HHS/NIH; the top two customer lines account for 56% of combined potential value.

Airport Metro Connection's vehicle portfolio centers on a single-award Competitive 8(a) IDIQ with NIH's Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (IDIQ 75N98024D00008, $23.76 million ceiling through May 31, 2027), under which 26 task orders have been issued totaling $23.5 million in combined potential value. The vendor also holds a Defense Security Cooperation Agency Blanket Purchase Agreement (HQ003426AE004, $1.505 million through December 29, 2030) with 6 BPA calls totaling $68 thousand, a GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract ($500,000 ceiling, through February 23, 2028), and a Department of the Navy Indefinite Delivery Contract (N4008021D0005, $707 thousand). Recent representative work includes a $4.6 million Competitive 8(a) delivery order from NIH OL&AO for shuttle bus services awarded October 1, 2026 (this document's cutoff date), extending through March 31, 2027; a $13.3 million Competitive 8(a) definitive contract from the Department of the Army National Guard Readiness Center for daily bus shuttle services at Arlington, Virginia facilities (awarded September 15, 2025, performance through March 14, 2030); a $2.32 million 8(a) Sole Source definitive contract from USDA for headquarters shuttle bus services in Washington, DC (awarded January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029); and an $1.855 million 8(a) Sole Source definitive contract from DHS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for executive transportation and shuttle services at Camp Springs, Maryland (awarded February 24, 2025, through February 23, 2030).

Activity has grown sharply over the past five years. The vendor recorded 2 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, 14 in 2024, 17 in 2025, and 10 in 2026 (year to date), reflecting accelerating capture under the large NIH IDIQ vehicle. Combined potential value across all 55 awards stands at $100.2 million, with $37.9 million obligated (38% of potential). Within the next twenty-four months, three awards with combined potential value of $11.9 million will reach completion and enter recompete — principally the NIH OL&AO delivery order expiring March 31, 2027, the Education Department shuttle services contract (October 1, 2025 ultimate completion date, already past as of the source's October 2026 snapshot), and smaller Defense Security Cooperation Agency BPA calls.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue from federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold shows $10.6 million across FY2022–FY2025, with material ramp-up beginning in FY2024. In FY2024, the vendor invoiced $2.8 million across 13.8 FTEs; in FY2025, invoicing climbed to $7.9 million across 93.5 FTEs. On SCI-reportable prime contracts, government-paid hourly rates ranged from a 10th percentile of $58.97/hr to a median of $78.44/hr, with senior labor pricing at the 90th percentile near $78.70/hr — a narrow band reflecting the commodity nature of shuttle and transit labor. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 6% of total contractor hours, with three named subcontractors reported; the vendor's operational model is overwhelmingly self-delivered. The SCI dataset captures a subset of the vendor's federal activity — it excludes goods, micro-purchases, and any non-federal revenue — and does not represent total company revenue.

Airport Metro Connection's federal footprint is narrowly concentrated in ground transportation: 43 of 55 awards fall under the NAICS category "All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation" (482411), with an additional 6 under "Charter Bus Industry" (485510) and 4 under "Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems" (485410). Place of performance is geographically concentrated around the Washington, DC–Maryland region (Bethesda, Hyattsville, Arlington, Washington DC) and reflects the vendor's anchoring relationship with NIH's Bethesda campus and federal defense establishments in the National Capital Region. The vendor has operated as an SBA 8(a) program participant since before 2016 (the earliest award in the source data); 8(a) certification was noted as expiring July 9, 2026 in multiple 2026 award summaries, though the most recent October 2026 award does not flag expiration status, suggesting active certification status through that date.

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