Government Of District Of Columbia

Government of District of Columbia, Department of Transportation (DDOT) acts as a recipient of federal grants across transportation safety, highway infrastructure, and urban forestry programs, with no federal contract prime or subcontractor footprint—95 total awards, all as prime recipient, with $52.1 million in combined obligations obligated across the past two decades. DDOT is a U.S. government entity operating as a child division under the District of Columbia Government's Executive Office of the Mayor, Office of Contracting and Procurement.

DDOT's federal grant portfolio concentrates in two capability areas: highway safety formula grants and urban forestry project grants. On the transportation safety side, DDOT receives recurring formula grants from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the State and Community Highway Safety program (CFDA 20.600), National Priority Safety Programs (CFDA 20.616), and the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance program (CFDA 20.237). Representative awards include a $2.923 million Section 402 State and Community Highway Safety formula grant (October 2025 through September 2029) supporting behavioral highway safety initiatives; a $1.485 million Section 405(d) Impaired Driving Countermeasures grant (October 2025 through September 2029); a $575,000 Section 1906 Racial Profiling Data Collection grant (October 2025 through September 2029); and a $6 million NHTSA Discretionary Safety Grant (CFDA 20.614) awarded January 2025 through January 2030 to modernize the District's crash data collection system and enable electronic data collection. DDOT also received a $396,320 Motor Carrier Safety Assistance project grant (December 2025 through September 2030) for commercial motor vehicle information systems and networks compliance activities. On the urban forestry side, DDOT is the prime recipient of multiple grants from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 9-Eastern Region under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance program (CFDA 10.664), the Urban and Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.675), and the Forest Health Protection program (CFDA 10.680), funding tree canopy management, invasive species monitoring, forest health surveying, and urban wood reuse initiatives in Washington, DC. The most recent large forestry award is a $706,000 Cooperative Forest Health Protection and Monitoring project grant (September 2025 through July 2030) for early detection and response to exotic forest insect pests and pathogens. DDOT also received infrastructure grants from the Federal Highway Administration for the Arboretum Bridge and Trail project (Anacostia Riverwalk Trail Section 3), including a $5.453 million project grant under the Federal Lands Access Program (CFDA 20.224) awarded September 2023 with completion targeted for December 2026.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (46 awards) and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 9-Eastern Region (19 awards), accounting for 89 percent of the award count. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration holds 10 awards, with remaining awards distributed across the broader Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Federal Highway Administration. Activity has remained steady to growing over the past five years—10 awards in 2022 climbing to 15 in 2025, though only 3 awards appear in the first two months of 2026 in this snapshot. Thirteen awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing the renewal window for recurring formula grants and completion of ongoing project grants. DDOT operates entirely within federal grant and assistance mechanisms; it holds no federal contracts, IDVs, or BPA seats and does not serve as a subcontractor or sub-recipient. Performance occurs in Washington, DC across all funded activities.