City Of Detroit

The City of Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) is a local government transit authority that acts as a federal grant recipient under the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), securing capital and operating funds to modernize its public transit fleet and infrastructure. DDOT operates as a division of the City of Detroit government entity and competes for federal transit grants on a full-and-open basis without SBA set-aside designations.

DDOT's federal footprint centers on FTA formula and discretionary grants for bus fleet procurement, transit facility construction, and multimodal connectivity improvements across the Detroit urbanized area. The agency's recent capability work includes a $96 million award (July 30, 2026, CFDA 20.526) to purchase up to 86 low and no emissions buses with associated charging infrastructure and training, with completion by March 28, 2031; a $90.7 million formula grant (September 15, 2023, CFDA 20.507) for construction of the Coolidge Terminal and Maintenance Facility with security and surveillance equipment; and an $8.16 million award (August 22, 2025, CFDA 20.526) for procurement of four electric buses (two articulated, two battery electric) and charging infrastructure as a pilot program to expand battery-powered fleet capabilities. Additional recent awards include a $7.7 million grant (June 23, 2025, CFDA 20.507) for six replacement 40-foot diesel hybrid buses, an $845,840 formula grant (August 1, 2025, CFDA 20.507) for Phase 3 expansion of the MOGO electric bike share system with solar-powered charging stations, and a $51.5 million American Rescue Plan award (June 7, 2022) supporting three years of preventative maintenance and two years of operating assistance through mid-2024.

The Federal Transit Administration dominates DDOT's customer concentration, anchoring 83 of 89 total awards in the source data. Activity has grown in recent years (two awards in 2022 to five in 2025, with one major award in 2026), though the portfolio carries substantial recompete exposure: five awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The source records $1.11 billion in combined obligated dollars across the entire award history, reflecting multi-year capital investments in fleet and facility modernization. DDOT also received two sub-award notifications in August 2025 under the Transit Capital Update Program Design and Engineering, indicating collaborative infrastructure planning work. The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation and the General Services Administration Public Buildings Service account for four remaining awards with nominal combined potential value. DDOT holds no federal contracts as a prime contractor and carries no sub-recipient relationships on its grants — all work is performed in-house or through third-party contracts DDOT manages directly.