Metro

Metro, doing business as Metro, is a U.S. local government entity and regional transit authority based in Portland, Oregon (600 NE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97232) that acts as a federal grant recipient in transportation, regional planning, environmental, and wildlife conservation programs. Metro does not hold federal contracts as a prime or sub; its federal footprint consists entirely of federal grant awards (83 prime grants and 29 sub-grants totaling 112 awards with $110.9 million in obligated dollars across all sources) and one noncompetitive purchase order for convention center space.

Metro's capability portfolio spans regional transportation planning, sustainable mobility promotion, transit project development, brownfield assessment and environmental remediation, climate action planning, and wetland restoration. Representative grant work includes a $4.003 million Federal Transit Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) from the Federal Transit Administration awarded August 11, 2026, to implement Regional Travel Options (RTO) Program strategies promoting transit use, bicycling, walking, ridesharing, and telework through public engagement with 23 sub-recipients including TriMet, City of Portland, Clackamas County, and community organizations. Metro also holds a $6.69 million FTA Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded July 24, 2025, for preliminary design and planning of the Tualatin Valley Highway Transit Project with TriMet as subrecipient, and a $6.96 million Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded June 17, 2025, for comprehensive transportation demand management activities. Beyond transit, Metro received a $1.5 million Cooperative Agreement from EPA Region 10 (CFDA 66.818) awarded October 1, 2024, to lead a brownfield assessment coalition with Clackamas County, Washington County, and Unite Oregon across three counties; a $1 million EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants award (CFDA 66.046) for regional climate mitigation planning under the Inflation Reduction Act; and a $752,950 Project Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.623) for 64-acre wetland restoration in Clackamas County.

Customer concentration reflects Metro's role as the regional planning entity for the Portland metropolitan area. The top five funding agencies account for 72–73% of awards by count and potential value. The Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration leads by award count (31 awards), followed closely by the Federal Transit Administration (28 awards), both reflecting Metro's function as the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO). The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 20, the Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, and Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 complete the active set. Metro acts as prime recipient on 83 awards (74% of total) and sub-recipient on 29 awards (26% of total), primarily receiving sub-allocations from the Oregon Department of Transportation for state fiscal year planning funds supporting the annual Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP).

Activity volume has grown sharply year over year: one award in 2022, six in 2023, eight in 2024, twenty-eight in 2025, and four awards to date in 2026. This trajectory reflects accelerating federal investment in regional transportation planning, climate action, and environmental remediation under recent federal legislation. Four awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore represent recompete or renewal opportunity in that window.

Metro's sub-recipient work flows primarily through the Oregon Department of Transportation, which channels federal highway and transit planning funds to Metro as the regional MPO. The sub-award footprint includes planning activities for the Portland Metro MPO Unified Planning Work Program, Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) program updates, and transportation alternatives funding (FFY 2024–2027) supporting the region's Regional Travel Options program. This sub-grant structure reflects Metro's status as the designated MPO for the seven-county Portland metropolitan statistical area, embedding federal transportation planning dollars into regional governance.

Metro competes on a full-and-open basis across all federal grant programs; no set-asides apply to this entity as a public regional government agency. The single federal contract award in the source—a $154,107.51 non-competitive purchase order from the Department of Veterans Affairs in July 2023 for rental of the Oregon Convention Center to host the 42nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games—represents facility services rather than a core capability line.