Wausau City Transit
Wausau, WI Doing business as Wausau Area Transit Systems Part of City Of Wausau
- UEI
- RN18A9WNXNA6
- CAGE
- 5R9S0
- Primary NAICS
- 485113 Bus and Other Motor Vehicle Transit Systems
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- Corporate family
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Parent
Wausau, WI
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Wausau, WI
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- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 420 Plumer St, Wausau, WI 54403, USA
- Website
- wausau.wi.us
- Employees
- 11-50
- Estimated annual revenue
- $1M-$10M
- Industry
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- Consumer Discretionary
- Diversified Consumer Services
- Specialized Consumer Services
- Legal Services
- SIC code
- 91 Executive, Legislative, & General
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Department Of Transportation | 355SBGP2222025 | $1,584,000 | |
| Wisconsin Department Of Transportation | 355SBGP1352022 | $192,600 | |
| Wisconsin Department Of Transportation | 355SBGP1452024 | $876,600 | |
| Wisconsin Department Of Transportation | 355SBGP1452024 | $150,000 | |
| Wisconsin Department Of Transportation | 355SBGP1322022 | $150,000 |
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
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About the company
Wausau City Transit, operating as Wausau Area Transit Systems, is a municipally owned transit agency that receives Federal Transit Administration operating and capital grants as the recipient (64% of recent awards are prime grants) and appears as a sub-recipient on infrastructure awards flowing through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. The entity is a division of the City of Wausau, Wisconsin, and operates fixed-route bus service and complementary ADA paratransit under the brand name Metro Ride.
Wausau's federal grant footprint is confined to the Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration and Great Lakes Region Federal Aviation Administration. The FTA provides the agency's operating assistance through Federal Transit Formula Grants (CFDA 20.507) and Bus and Bus Facilities Formula funds (CFDA 20.539). Recent operating grants include a $7.354 million formula grant awarded April 17, 2026, to support fixed-route bus and paratransit operations through calendar year 2025, and a $5.5 million formula grant awarded April 22, 2025, covering calendar year 2024 operations. A May 24, 2023 capital grant supports procurement of a Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) system, shop equipment replacement, and mobile fare collection technology, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. An earlier project grant awarded January 6, 2022, funded operating assistance, fare collection system replacement, and service truck acquisition across 2021–2023. In its sub-recipient role, Wausau appears on thirteen airport infrastructure awards from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation covering runway rehabilitation, taxiway reconstruction, terminal building and hangar improvements, and apron work — these sub-awards do not directly represent Wausau's service delivery but reflect pass-through administrative relationships.
Total obligated federal funding across all awards reaches $101 million. The FTA accounts for 23 awards across the portfolio; FAA sub-awards through Wisconsin DOT comprise the remaining 13. Year-over-year award activity has been volatile — three awards in 2022, one in 2023, nine in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026 — with only one award scheduled for completion within the next twenty-four months, suggesting limited near-term recompete exposure. As a public transit operator, Wausau does not compete for federal work under commercial set-asides and does not serve as a contractor to other federal agencies; the agency's federal relationship is transactional and recipient-based, limited to direct FTA operating and capital assistance for local service delivery in the Wausau urbanized area.
Quick answers
Is Wausau City Transit registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Wausau City Transit's SAM.gov registration is active through February 17, 2027.
What is Wausau City Transit's most recent federal award?
Wausau City Transit's most recent federal grant award is This grant supports operating assistance for the wausau transit system covering calendar year 2025 (WI2026008), from Federal Transit Administration, on April 17, 2026.
On GovTribe
See Wausau City Transit's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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