Frontrunner Bus Group, Inc.

Frontrunner Bus Group, Inc., doing business as New England Wheels, manufactures low-floor adult shuttle buses and sells them as a prime contractor exclusively to the General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service, which procures vehicles for civilian federal agency fleets. The vendor operates on full-and-open contracts with no set-aside designations and has not subcontracted or pursued work under any SBA category. Headquarters is in Billerica, Massachusetts; the vendor is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation and a manufacturer of goods under NAICS 336211 (Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing).

New England Wheels' federal footprint is almost entirely concentrated in GSA vehicle procurement. The GSA Federal Acquisition Service accounts for 96 of 98 awards (99% of award count) and $89.1 million of the combined potential value across all federal work in the source data. A single award from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 1 for $24 thousand rounds out the customer base. The vendor operates as a prime contractor on 100% of its awards; no subcontract work is recorded.

The vendor's primary vehicle is the GSA Vehicle Buying-2025 Main Bus Program, a $50 million indefinite delivery contract awarded November 25, 2024, running through November 24, 2029. This IDC authorizes task orders for adult work buses, school buses, shuttles (10–49 passenger capacity), intercity coaches, and over-the-road touring coaches (56–78 passengers). Since award, the GSA has issued 25 delivery orders under this contract, all for ten adult, low-floor, 90–98 inch wide light-duty shuttle buses at firm fixed prices ranging from $159,037 to $173,957 per order. Delivery orders span from January 22, 2025 through May 20, 2026, with ultimate completion dates extending into early 2027. A prior $20 million IDC under the GSA Vehicle Buying-2020 Main Bus Program (awarded October 6, 2020, performance completed) generated 64 task orders worth $14.2 million in combined potential value and anchored the vendor's historical volume. Representative recent delivery orders include a $173,845 order (May 20, 2026, completion January 15, 2027) and a $173,957 order (March 18, 2026, completion November 13, 2026), both for ten shuttle buses to support federal civilian transportation fleet modernization.

Activity has grown sharply in recent years — twelve awards in 2022, thirteen in 2023, nine in 2024, twenty-three in 2025, and seven so far in 2026 (as of the most recent award date, May 20, 2026). Eighteen awards with combined potential value of $3 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete exposure. The vendor manufactures exclusively at its Billerica, Massachusetts facility and performs all work as prime contractor without material subcontractor involvement. New England Wheels has maintained SAM registration since 2005 and holds no vehicle seats on other government-wide acquisition vehicles, parent IDIQs, or alternative contracting mechanisms outside GSA channels.

- Frontrunner: Low Floor mini bus you've been waiting for

- true low floor mini-bus 9.75'step in height to flat floor and spacious interior.

- Flexible seating - up to 10/11 passengers/up to 3 wheelchairs

- lightweight fold out ADA compliant ramp

- optional 4 corner air suspension with kneeling capabilities that lower's bus to 9.75'

- no steps, no wheelchair lift

- optional 41.5' transit style plug door

-optional kneeling air suspension

- Most Fuel Efficient minibus available

- 9350 GVWR

- Only minibus Scored 91 on FTA Altoona durability test.