Great Falls Transit District

Great Falls Transit District, a U.S. local government transit authority headquartered in Great Falls, Montana, operates as the recipient of federal transit formula and project grants from the Federal Transit Administration under CFDA 20.507 (Federal Transit Formula Grants) and CFDA 20.526 (Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs). The district does not hold federal contracts; all federal activity flows through direct grant awards with no subrecipient involvement.

The district's federal funding footprint is entirely concentrated with a single customer: the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), which has awarded all 36 grants in the source data spanning from 1999 through April 2026. The FTA awards are exclusive to Great Falls Transit District's core operational mission—fixed-route transit service, ADA paratransit operations, preventive vehicle maintenance, and fleet replacement—serving the City of Great Falls and Black Eagle Township, Montana. Recent grant activity includes a $4.6 million formula grant awarded July 21, 2025, funding fixed-route and ADA paratransit operations through September 2026; a $1,706,555 formula grant awarded September 5, 2024, for purchase of four replacement 29-foot buses; a $3,883,978 formula grant awarded July 25, 2024, for operating and preventive maintenance expenses through June 2026; and a $502,620 formula grant awarded April 27, 2026, for ADA paratransit operations and preventive maintenance through June 2026. Earlier awards include pandemic-recovery project grants: a $2.85 million project grant under the Section 5307 formula (awarded July 22, 2022, for COVID-19 recovery operating assistance) and a $2.643 million Section 5311 rural transit project grant (awarded June 22, 2022, for operating assistance through November 2022).

Combined potential value across all 36 awards totals $65.3 million obligated. Award velocity remains modest—one award in 2026, one in 2025, three in 2024, one in 2023, and two in 2022—reflecting the routine cadence of annual formula grant distributions rather than growth or contract competition. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating minimal near-term recompete exposure. This is a public-sector entity with no commercial contractor footprint, no parent vehicles, no teaming relationships, and no bridge to private-sector procurement channels—it operates exclusively as a direct FTA grant recipient managing regional transit infrastructure and operations in Montana.