Rogue Valley Transportation District

Rogue Valley Transportation District, doing business as RVTD, is a U.S. local government transit authority based in Medford, Oregon, that receives federal grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) as a prime recipient to operate and maintain fixed-route public transit and paratransit (LIFT) services serving the Rogue Valley region. RVTD acts as a grant recipient, not a federal contractor, and operates without SBA set-aside designations.

RVTD's federal funding portfolio centers on FTA formula grants under the Federal Transit Formula Grants program (CFDA 20.507), covering operating assistance, preventive maintenance, capital equipment procurement, and facility development. Representative recent awards include a $17.23 million Fiscal Year 2025 Section 5307 formula grant awarded July 8, 2025, to sustain fixed-route operations and transfer-station security through October 31, 2025; a $6.385 million FY 2021 Section 5307 American Rescue Plan award from April 22, 2022, supporting operating assistance, preventive maintenance, and security during the pandemic period; and a $2.687 million FY 2020 Section 5339(b) discretionary award from September 24, 2021, for the purchase of approximately seven ADA-accessible low-floor CNG buses. RVTD also received a $398,873 award on March 20, 2026, for procurement of three replacement ADA-accessible paratransit vans. A $14.5 million Section 5339(b) competitive project grant from September 21, 2023, funds construction of a new 10,000-square-foot transportation department facility and 88-stall parking garage at 3210 Crater Lake Avenue in Medford, with completion scheduled for March 31, 2027.

Customer concentration is narrow and static. The Federal Transit Administration represents 67 of 68 prime awards (88% coverage) and the combined dollar obligation of $215.3 million across the portfolio. The Federal Highway Administration accounts for one award. RVTD engages as a sub-recipient in grant pass-throughs, including mobility management and transit service contracts awarded through the Oregon Department of Transportation under the Innovative Mobility Federal Competitive Grants program (FFY 2025–2027, awarded June 25, 2025) and prior-year sub-awards supporting senior and disabled-rider service and facility development dating to 2021.

Activity remains steady and formula-driven. The vendor received four awards in 2023, seven in 2024, and five in 2025, reflecting annual FTA appropriation cycles and episodic capital project awards. Three awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing RVTD to FTA formula-grant recompete cycles tied to federal fiscal-year allocations. No parent contract vehicles, IDIQs, or GSA-managed procurement channels are involved; all federal dollars flow through direct FTA grant allocations to the district as a designated urbanized-area transit recipient.