State Of Illinois Toll Highway Authority

State Of Illinois Toll Highway Authority, a child entity of the State of Illinois and a U.S. government transit authority headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, operates as the exclusive provider of I-PASS electronic toll collection services within Illinois and delivers toll transponder, account management, and toll usage services to federal agencies as a prime contractor across 116 awards with combined potential value of $3 million. The Authority competes in full-and-open procurement without set-aside designations; all awards to date are firm fixed-price purchase orders or delivery orders under a single-award indefinite-delivery contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Authority's capability footprint is narrowly specialized: I-PASS electronic toll collection system operation, including transponder provisioning, toll account management, and toll road usage fees for federal vehicles operating on Illinois toll infrastructure. Recent representative work includes a $497.3 thousand single-award indefinite-delivery contract with VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 (awarded January 1, 2025, running through December 31, 2030) that serves as the parent vehicle for two delivery orders totaling $184.5 thousand; a $160 thousand time-and-materials purchase order from EPA Region 5 for I-PASS transponders (April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2028); a $147.7 thousand sole-source purchase order from Navy Recruiting Command for EZ Pass toll services at Navy Talent Acquisition Group Great Lakes (April 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031); and recurring annual purchase orders from the Drug Enforcement Administration for toll and tollway fees ranging from $13 thousand to $20.8 thousand per order.

Customer concentration is diffuse across federal agencies but weighted toward military and defense operations. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 51% of awards: the Department of the Army (16 awards, $407 thousand), Navy Recruiting Command (13 awards, $662 thousand), DEA (12 awards, $154 thousand), Department of Education Office of the Inspector General (11 awards, $16 thousand), and EPA Region 5 (7 awards, $388 thousand). The top five by potential value account for 88% of dollars and show the same customer set reordered: VA Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 12 leads on dollars ($991 thousand, 6 awards), followed by Navy Recruiting Command, the Army, EPA Region 5, and the United States Marine Corps (5 awards, $203 thousand). The Authority holds positions on two indefinite-delivery contracts: DABJ2703A0011 with 6 task orders issued and 36C25225D0016 with 2 task orders carrying $185 thousand combined potential value.

Activity is modest and flat. The Authority received 2 awards in 2022, 5 in 2023, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 3 in 2026 (most recent October 1, 2026). Five awards (combined potential value $212 thousand) reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. NAICS distribution reflects toll-operation specialization: 48 awards fall under 488490 (Other Support Activities for Road Transportation), 21 under All Other Support Activities for Transportation, 13 under Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, 4 under Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, and 3 under All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation. The Authority subcontracts on no federal awards; all work is performed as the contracting entity under parent State of Illinois.