Department Of Transportation Maryland

The Maryland Transportation Authority, a division of the Maryland Department of Transportation and a U.S. state government entity, provides electronic toll collection and transponder management services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (97% of recent awards) operating within the federal contracting ecosystem without SBA set-aside designations. The authority operates the E-ZPass electronic toll collection system in Maryland and bills itself as the administrator of toll accounts and payment processing for federal government vehicles across Maryland toll infrastructure.

The Maryland Transportation Authority's federal customer base is heavily concentrated in law enforcement and defense agencies. The top five funding agencies by award count account for 66% of recent awards, led by the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (14 awards, $285 thousand combined potential value) and the U.S. Marshals Service Maryland (11 awards, $304 thousand), followed by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. However, the potential-value ranking diverges significantly: the Department of Transportation Immediate Office of the Secretary Transportation anchors 3 awards worth $3.1 million in combined potential value, representing 62% of the authority's total federal contracting dollars, while smaller individual awards to the law enforcement customer set cluster in the range of $17,000 to $111,000 per purchase order. The Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 (Department of Veterans Affairs) contributes 4 awards valued at $348 thousand.

The authority holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (ACC Picatinny contracting office), valued at $249 thousand through August 2029, for E-ZPass accounts and transponders supporting surface ship maintenance and Wallops Flight Facility operations. Representative named prime contract work includes a $109,277 purchase order from the U.S. Marshals Service Maryland (Dec 2022, performance through September 2027) for E-ZPass tolls, a $90,000 purchase order from the Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 (Mar 2023) for E-ZPass and M-TAG toll services, and annual recurring purchase orders from the DEA ranging from $17,665 to $35,000 for electronic toll collection supporting border diversion and interdiction operations. The authority also holds a federal grant award from FEMA (Port Security Grant Program, Aug 2023) and receives sub-grant awards from the parent Maryland Department of Transportation for impaired driving programs.

The authority's federal footprint is organized around NAICS 485411 (Other Support Activities for Road Transportation), which accounts for 42 of 87 total awards, and PSC Transportation/Travel/Relocation codes, reflecting its core mission of toll billing and account management. Activity has contracted in recent years — four awards in 2022 declining to one award each in 2025 and 2026 — with five awards (combined potential value $281 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. The authority operates as a state government entity under the parent State of Maryland and does not subcontract; its three recorded sub-awards are grant pass-throughs from the parent department.