North Dakota Department Of Transportation

North Dakota Department of Transportation, a state government entity and prime recipient of federal grants, delivers highway infrastructure preservation, maintenance, and transit services across North Dakota as the designated administrator of federal transportation funding from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and related federal agencies. The agency acts exclusively as a grant recipient—not a contractor or subcontractor—and competes in no set-aside categories; it receives formula-based allocations under federal transportation programs.

NDDOT's federal grant footprint centers on highway and bridge infrastructure. The Federal Highway Administration dominates the portfolio, with 14,621 awards representing formula grants under programs including the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (CFDA 20.287), Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205), Bridge Formula Program (CFDA 20.263), Highway Safety Improvement Program (CFDA 20.272), Railway-Highway Crossings Program (CFDA 20.285), Emergency Relief Program (CFDA 20.271), and the Carbon Reduction Program (CFDA 20.265). Representative recent awards illustrate concrete capability scope: a $5.24 million Bridge Formula grant (awarded February 27, 2026) for concrete pavement repair, grinding, milling, and hot mix asphalt overlay on Interstate 29 near Grand Forks; a $23.06 million formula grant (February 27, 2026) for comprehensive I-29 infrastructure rehabilitation including approach slab installation, concrete spall and median repairs, and box beam end-rail retrofitting; and a $1.1 million Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities grant from the Federal Transit Administration (June 12, 2026) funding the purchase of three ADA-compliant vehicles and demand-response operating assistance for elderly and disabled passengers through subrecipients City of Bismarck/Bisman Transit and Souris Basin Transportation.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Federal Highway Administration accounts for the vast majority of awards (14,621 of 14,981 total), with the Federal Transit Administration (133 awards) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (156 awards) as distant secondary customers. Award volume has declined markedly—from 597 in 2022 to 166 in 2026 year-to-date—a pattern consistent with typical federal grant administration cycles rather than portfolio contraction. Over 151 awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing ongoing recompete and renewal exposure across the grant portfolio.

NDDOT's work spans highway pavement preservation (chip seal coating, milling and overlay, concrete pavement repair), bridge and culvert replacement and rehabilitation, safety improvements (pavement markings, guardrail installation, signal upgrades), multimodal infrastructure (shared-use paths, sidewalks, ADA ramps), planning and research initiatives, and transit services for rural and elderly populations. Place of performance is statewide North Dakota, with administrative oversight at NDDOT headquarters in Bismarck. Grant recipients and subrecipients include cities (Bismarck, Mandan, Minot, Williston, Dickinson, Valley City, Grafton), rural transit providers (Souris Basin Transportation, South Central Adult Services), and county entities across the state. The agency serves as the single point of federal grant administration for transportation funding, with no parent contract vehicles, no federal contract awards, and no teaming relationships in the traditional federal contractor sense; NDDOT's role is statutory—it is the designated state transportation authority receiving formula allocations and distributing or directly executing federally funded transportation projects.