Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (Cvsa), a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Washington, DC, functions as a federal grant recipient delivering commercial motor vehicle safety training, inspection standards development, and national enforcement and education campaigns exclusively to the Department of Transportation and the Department of Energy — operating as a prime recipient on 124 federal awards with no subrecipient arrangements or contract prime work in the award portfolio.

Cvsa's capability footprint centers on CMV safety program administration: standardized inspection procedure development and enforcement, commercial driver training and certification course delivery, post-crash investigation training and data quality improvement, hazardous materials transportation training for enforcement personnel, and coordination of nationwide safety campaigns targeting unsafe driving corridors, human trafficking prevention, and deficient vehicle equipment. The organization serves as an intermediary between federal transportation agencies and state, local, provincial, territorial, and private-sector safety stakeholders, leveraging standing committees and membership networks to establish uniform North American inspection standards and enforcement protocols. Representative work includes a $5 million Cooperative Agreement with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (CFDA 20.243) to develop and deliver an Instructor Development Program for CMV enforcement training running through September 2028; a $1.648 million FMCSA grant (CFDA 20.237) awarded December 1, 2025, to coordinate national CMV safety, education, and enforcement campaigns through September 2028; a $1.581 million FMCSA grant (CFDA 20.237) awarded December 1, 2025, to enhance awareness and understanding of the North American Standard Inspection Program through training and multimedia content; and a $1.5 million Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration grant (CFDA 20.703) awarded October 1, 2025, to deliver train-the-trainer programs for hazardous materials instructor development.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration funds 84 awards (combined potential value $3.3 million, 92% of the portfolio), the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration funds 21 awards ($200 thousand combined potential value), and the Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management funds 3 awards. The distribution reflects Cvsa's role as the primary federal nonprofit intermediary for commercial motor vehicle safety policy implementation and training delivery across the federal transportation sector. Cvsa maintains a single parent vehicle — a Blanket Purchase Agreement (DTMC7517A00004) carrying 8 task orders valued at $24 thousand combined potential value.

Award activity has remained modest and episodic: 6 awards in 2022, 9 in 2023, 9 in 2024, 7 in 2025, and 2 in the first ten months of 2026. Seven awards (combined potential value $1.3 million) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure in late 2027 and 2028 for grants expiring under the FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Assistance High Priority Activities program (CFDA 20.237). The discrepancy between combined potential value ($3.5 million) and combined dollars obligated ($58.1 million) reflects the award portfolio's mix of grants with modest ceiling values but substantial prior-year obligated funds — a common pattern in multiyear cooperative agreements and recurring project grants where obligated amounts from earlier fiscal years dwarf new potential value.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue on federal service contracts above the $150,000 threshold totaled $468 thousand across FY2023–FY2025 (FY2022 showed zero invoicing), with 4.0 FTEs delivered in FY2023, declining to 0.3 FTEs in FY2024 and 0.5 FTEs in FY2025. On these SCI-reportable contracts, government-paid hourly rates ran around a median of $124.48 per hour, with senior labor pricing through $207.51 per hour. SCI captures only a narrow slice of Cvsa's federal activity — primarily service contracts above the reporting threshold — and excludes grants, cooperative agreements, and the bulk of Cvsa's federal funding. The organization performs no subcontracting and relies on no named subcontractors across its portfolio.