American Samoa Government, Department Of Public Works

American Samoa Government, Department of Public Works, doing business as Asgdpw, is a U.S. local government entity and transit authority that operates as the prime recipient of federal transportation infrastructure and transit grants, with no contracting activity. The organization is not an SBA-certified small business and does not compete on federal contracts; it receives direct federal grants as the territorial transportation agency for American Samoa.

Asgdpw operates as a government transportation and infrastructure department with concrete capability in demand-response transit operations (the Dial-A-Ride service serving seniors and individuals with disabilities), highway and bridge maintenance and reconstruction, geotechnical engineering assessments, traffic safety improvements, and ferry boat operations. Representative grant work includes a $1.5 million Federal Transit Administration formula grant awarded August 22, 2025 under the Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program (CFDA 20.509) for Dial-A-Ride operating costs including personnel, fuel, maintenance, and bus shelter construction; a $1.8 million Federal Highway Administration project grant awarded August 31, 2023 under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) for Route 004 road reconstruction to improve traffic safety for vehicles and pedestrians; geotechnical services grants totaling $800 thousand under CFDA 20.205 awarded August 8, 2025 for subsurface investigation and soil analysis on Tutuila and Manu'a islands; and recurring program administration and operations grants supporting FY2023–FY2027 highway and transit program management.

Customer concentration is absolute: 100% of awards originate from two agencies within the Department of Transportation. The Federal Highway Administration has issued 532 awards, and the Federal Transit Administration has issued 19 awards. Asgdpw has received over thirty federal transportation grants since 2010 and holds 551 total awards in the source database with combined obligated dollars of $145.1 million. Activity has fluctuated, with eight awards in 2022, sixteen in 2023, eight in 2024, five in 2025, and two in 2026. Three awards carrying ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months are exposed to recompete or renewal decisions.

Asgdpw receives no funding through federal contract vehicles, parent IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs; its entire federal footprint is grant-based, flowing through Department of Transportation grant programs reserved for U.S. territories. The organization operates the Dial-A-Ride transit system territory-wide, handling 150 to 200 daily demand-response trips serving approximately 3,000 registered senior citizens and individuals with disabilities, including dialysis patients requiring regular medical transport. Performance locations span the American Samoa territory, including Tutuila and the Manu'a islands of Tau, Fitiuta, and Faleasao. Asgdpw has no subrecipients on any of its awards and does not function as a sub-recipient on awards held by other entities.