Concho Valley Transit District

Concho Valley Transit District, operating as the Concho Valley Council of Governments Division, is a U.S. local government transit authority that receives federal grants from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to operate and expand public transportation services across rural and urban central West Texas. The organization acts as a prime grant recipient on 42 federal awards and as a sub-recipient on 30 additional FTA sub-awards, with $99.8 million in combined dollars obligated across all recent grant activity. CVTD does not hold federal contracts and does not pursue contract work; the vendor operates exclusively in the FTA grant program space.

CVTD's customer concentration is entirely with the Federal Transit Administration, which funds 100% of the organization's federal award portfolio covering the past several years. The FTA awards support three core capability areas: small urban transit operations in San Angelo (fixed-route, paratransit, and demand-response service serving local residents, businesses, Angelo State University, and Goodfellow Air Force Base); rural demand-response transportation across a 12-county service area in central and western Texas (Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Menard, Reagan, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, and Tom Green counties); and facility and fleet capital investment. Representative prime awards include a $2.587 million Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) obligated June 2, 2026, to support operating and capital expenses for the small urban system through May 31, 2028; a $208,375 Project Grant (CFDA 20.513) awarded June 10, 2026, for Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program work through paratransit scheduling modernization, translation services integration, and travel training video development; a $707,303 Formula Grant (CFDA 20.526) from March 18, 2025, for the purchase of three urban cutaway vehicles for ADA paratransit expansion; and an $867,500 Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from May 14, 2024, for the replacement of one 30-foot fixed-route bus and two cutaway vehicles.

Recent grant sub-awards, issued primarily by the Texas Department of Transportation as pass-through awards from the FTA, fund facility construction (a $4 million Buses and Bus Facilities Discretionary facility for maintenance bays, wash bay, and parts storage at 5507 Christoval Road, San Angelo), rural vehicle replacements, rural mobility management coordination, and regional public transportation coordination planning across the 12 to 14 county region. Sub-recipient status on these awards reflects CVTD's position within a broader Texas state transit-grant delivery structure; the organization does not subcontract to other vendors on federal awards.

Activity has grown substantially in the past two years — two awards per year in 2021 and 2022 to twenty-one awards in 2025 — driven by increased FTA formula and discretionary funding and state pass-through sub-award volume. Seven awards carrying ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months face recompete and renewal cycle pressure. CVTD's grant portfolio is characteristic of small urban and rural transit authorities: no private-sector competition, no SBA set-aside posture (the entity is a government agency), and 100% reliance on federal formula grants and discretionary awards from a single federal program and grantor.