Autoridad Metropolitana De Autobuses

Autoridad Metropolitana De Autobuses, a child entity and transit authority of the Puerto Rico Commonwealth, operates as a federal grant recipient and a provider of parking services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, with the vast majority of its federal footprint anchored in Federal Transit Administration operating-assistance and capital-modernization grants rather than competitive federal contracting. The organization is not an SBA-certified small business and competes under full-and-open rather than set-aside designations.

Autoridad Metropolitana De Autobuses's federal work splits sharply between two streams. The primary stream consists of FTA formula grants supporting the organization's core mission as the public transit operator for the San Juan metropolitan area. Recent grants include $26.9 million in operating-assistance reimbursement under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) awarded in February 2026 for fiscal years 2025 and 2026, covering salaries, fringe benefits, and fuel expenses; a $10 million project grant under the Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs (CFDA 20.526) awarded in May 2024 for the purchase of four zero-emission electric buses and construction of two dual solar-powered charging stations with 5% of budget dedicated to workforce development; a $7.1 million formula grant from September 2021 for bus fleet acquisition and facility maintenance running through March 2033; and a $29.1 million CRRSAA-funded operating-assistance grant from January 2022 for payroll recovery during the pandemic. The secondary stream is a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 8, established August 1, 2025, for parking as a service supporting the VA Caribbean Healthcare System in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with a ceiling of $2.63 million and ultimate completion date of July 31, 2029. A $173,760 BPA call under this vehicle was awarded on August 1, 2026, for parking-facility operations through July 31, 2027.

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward the Federal Transit Administration, which accounts for 28 of 35 recent awards. The Department of Veterans Affairs (3 awards, $3 million combined potential value) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (3 awards) constitute the remaining federal footprint; a single award also came from the Environmental Protection Agency. The organization faces six awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months, representing $348 thousand in combined potential value and recompete exposure. The combined dollars obligated across all awards ($375 million) substantially exceed the combined potential value ($3 million) in the source data, reflecting the organization's multi-decade history of FTA grant receipts and the retrospective nature of operating-assistance reimbursement awards. Autoridad Metropolitana De Autobuses received one sub-award under a grant from the Puerto Rico Commission of Volunteerism and Community Service in April 2022, but operates primarily as a direct grant recipient rather than as a subcontractor on federal awards.