Department Of Transportation Arizona

The Arizona Department of Transportation's Intermodal Transportation Division operates as a federal grant recipient administering formula grants from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) across transportation infrastructure and planning programs statewide. As a state government entity and division of the Arizona Department of Transportation under the parent State of Arizona, the Intermodal Transportation Division does not compete for federal contracts as a prime or subcontractor; instead, it functions as the designated state pass-through entity and prime recipient for federal transportation grants funding highways, transit, airports, and intermodal planning across Arizona.

The division's federal grant portfolio concentrates overwhelmingly on FHWA programs. Across the source period, FHWA formula grants and project grants account for the vast majority of awards—19,691 of 19,912 total awards—supporting pavement rehabilitation, bridge reconstruction, intersection safety improvements, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, electric vehicle charging station deployment across 30+ Arizona communities, intelligent transportation systems, rail-highway crossing safety upgrades, and multimodal transportation planning through metropolitan planning organizations. Representative recent work includes a $31.99 million FHWA Highway Planning and Construction grant (CFDA 20.205) for US-93 four-lane highway reconstruction near Wickenburg, a $19.2 million Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP, CFDA 20.272) formula grant for Ray Road and Dobson Road intersection safety improvements in Chandler, and a $575,000 Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.116) grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for taxiway rehabilitation at Grand Canyon Airport. The division also administers a $26.4 million FTA Formula Grants for Rural Areas and Tribal Transit Program award supporting operating assistance and capital projects—transit vehicle procurement, ADA complementary paratransit, preventive maintenance—across 22 subrecipients including rural transit agencies in Bisbee, Kingman, Show Low, Winslow, and tribal transit operators serving Gila River, Hopi, and Hualapai communities. The Intermodal Transportation Division received a $1.489 million Commercial Driver's License Program Implementation grant (CFDA 20.232) from FMCSA to reduce broken pointers in the Commercial Driver's License Information System and enhance staff knowledge of evolving CDL regulatory requirements.

Customer concentration is nearly total with FHWA. FHWA accounts for 19,691 awards (99% of volume), followed by FTA with 135 awards and FAA with 31 awards combined. The division's grant execution spans the entire state—Place of performance includes Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon Village, Chandler, Yuma, Payson, and dozens of other Arizona communities and tribal lands, with administrative oversight at the Department of Transportation headquarters in Phoenix.

Activity has remained stable at 468–597 awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with 116 awards recorded in the first six months of 2026. A combined 280 awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing significant recompete exposure across FHWA pavement rehabilitation, bridge work, and planning programs. The Intermodal Transportation Division operates no major contract vehicles; it is a grant recipient and pass-through entity, not a vendor on GWACs, IDIQs, or BPAs. The division does not engage in subcontracting relationships on the prime side; it functions as a recipient subgranting funds to 22 rural transit operators and metropolitan planning organizations for service delivery and planning work.

The division's scope centers on administering federal transportation formula grants for statewide highway, transit, and aviation infrastructure rather than delivering vendor services. As a state agency, it is not a commercial competitive vendor and does not pursue set-aside designations or compete for federal procurements.