New York State Thruway Authority

New York State Thruway Authority, a U.S. state government transit authority, provides electronic toll collection and E-ZPass transponder management services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on small purchase orders and as a federal grant recipient for highway infrastructure planning, rehabilitation, and innovation demonstration projects. The Authority operates as a non-SBA entity competing on full-and-open basis; it holds no set-asides and competes against commercial and government toll operators for federal vehicle fleet support contracts.

The Authority's federal contract footprint centers on routine toll services for federal vehicle fleets operating across the 570-mile New York State Thruway network. The Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security is the dominant contract customer, with nine awards totaling $180 thousand in combined potential value for E-ZPass transponder provision and toll payment services. The U.S. Marshals Service (Infrastructure Support Branch and regional offices) holds a secondary contract position, providing recurring E-ZPass tolls and account management to support law enforcement operations; awards include a $21,710 purchase order (Nov 14, 2022, completion Sep 30, 2023) and multi-year FY23-27 orders from the Northern NY and Western NY field offices ($22,427.92 and $15,139.28 respectively, both awarded Oct 1, 2022, completion Sep 30, 2027). The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 2 ranks third by potential value at $2 million across 23 awards. All contract awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders with no set-aside designation; the Authority operates under indefinite delivery vehicles including VA528P0660 (12 task orders, $840 thousand combined value) and blanket purchase agreement HSCG2710A5PTH13 (4 task orders).

The Authority's federal grant footprint is substantially larger and more strategically focused. The Federal Highway Administration is the primary grantor, funding bridge rehabilitation and corridor planning work through the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) and the Bridge Investment Program (CFDA 20.264). Representative awards include a $39 million project grant (Sep 18, 2025, completion Dec 31, 2029) for seismic retrofit and safety improvements to the South Grand Island Bridges on Interstate 190; a $35 million grant (Jan 25, 2024, completion Dec 31, 2026) for rehabilitation of the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge; and a $2 million planning grant (Dec 5, 2025, completion Jun 30, 2027) for corridor-based analysis of the Grand Island Bridges and Interstate 190 corridor. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Immediate Office of the Secretary awarded two SMART Grants Program (CFDA 20.941) awards: $14.87 million (Aug 1, 2025, completion Jul 31, 2028) for unmanned aerial systems deployment in infrastructure maintenance and inspection, and an earlier $1.5 million proof-of-concept demonstration (Sep 1, 2023, completion Mar 1, 2025). The Federal Highway Administration also awarded a $1.2 million grant (Jul 24, 2024, completion Jul 23, 2026) under the Safe Streets and Roads for All program (CFDA 20.939) for comprehensive safety action planning. On the sub-grant side, the Authority receives awards from the New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services for emergency protective measures, snow removal assistance, and debris removal in response to declared disasters, and from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles for a Move Over Law public service awareness campaign.

Activity has been sporadic but weighted toward infrastructure investment. Recent federal contracting is episodic (2 awards in 2026, 10 in 2025, 7 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 5 in 2022) with low individual purchase order values ($15 thousand to $22 thousand), while grant work carries substantially higher strategic value and multi-year implementation timelines. Only four awards face completion inside the next twenty-four months (combined potential value $38 thousand), all small purchase orders. The Authority's federal customer base spans 30 agencies, but concentration is sharp: the top five customers by award count (FEMA Headquarters Financial Assistance, VA VISN 2, Marine Corps, Army, and State Bureau of Diplomatic Security) account for 50% of awards, and the top five by potential value account for 78% of combined potential.