Bloomington Public Transit Co

Bloomington Public Transit Co, doing business as Bloomington Transit, is a local government-owned transit authority based in Bloomington, Indiana, that receives federal grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507) to operate fixed-route and paratransit services and to purchase replacement and expansion transit vehicles. The vendor is certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise by the Department of Transportation and operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient, not as a contract prime or subcontractor.

Bloomington Transit's federal footprint consists entirely of formula grants from the Federal Transit Administration. The source shows 50 prime grant awards spanning from 1999 to August 2026, with a single grant sub-award recorded in July 2024 for replacement transit vehicles. Recent activity includes a $5.3 million Federal Transit Formula Grants award (CFDA 20.507) issued August 11, 2026, to purchase three 60-foot articulated buses to replace aging vehicles in the fixed-route fleet, with performance completing December 31, 2026; a $10.4 million Federal Transit Formula Grants award issued September 11, 2025, for operational and capital expenses, preventive maintenance, support vehicle purchases, and operational costs, running through December 31, 2027; and a $0 million Project Grant issued August 16, 2023, for the purchase of four replacement buses and eight expansion buses plus charging infrastructure and equipment, with completion scheduled for February 17, 2026. Across its fifty-one documented awards, Bloomington Transit has obligated $168 million in combined federal funding, representing 100% exposure to the Federal Transit Administration and zero diversification across customer agencies.

The vendor's recompete exposure in the next twenty-four months totals two awards, both formula grants subject to annual or biennial renewal cycles typical of FTA funding. Award frequency has declined from four annually in 2021 to one per year since 2023, reflecting the formulaic nature of FTA grants rather than competitive procurement volatility. All work is performed in Bloomington, Indiana, with no sub-recipients involved in current awards.