Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
Santa Cruz, CA
- UEI
- KYJGYH3LT5U9
- CAGE
- 4BZR6
- Primary NAICS
- Not on record
- SAM.gov registration
- Active through
Company facts
- Self-certified in SAM.gov
- Entity structure
- U.S. Government Entity
- SAM.gov registration date
- Physical address
- 110 Vernon St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
- Website
- scmtd.com
- Founded
- 1968
- Employees
- 51-250
- Estimated annual revenue
- $10M-$50M
- Industry
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- Industrials
- Transportation
- Road & Rail
- Ground Transportation
- SIC code
- 41 Local & Interurban Passenger Transit
Registration and certifications come from SAM.gov and the SBA; company details from public web sources. Updated .
Grant awards
Latest 5 listed here. See the rest on GovTribe.
Grant subawards
| Prime recipient | Prime award | Amount | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arches H2 LLC | DECD0000041 | $151,531 | |
| Not on record | CA-2023-038 | $263,285 | |
| Not on record | CA-2023-231 | $1,680,000 | |
| Not on record | CA-2022-051 | $200,100 | |
| Not on record | CA-2022-053 | $524,932 |
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About the company
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, a local government transit authority headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, operates as a prime recipient of federal transit operating and capital grants from the Federal Transit Administration, with no federal contracts or subcontract exposure. The district is a U.S. government entity (inter-municipal transit authority) and does not hold SBA designations or compete for federal contracts.
Santa Cruz Metro's federal award footprint consists entirely of Federal Transit Administration grants under the Department of Transportation. The district holds 36 prime grants (88% of recent awards) and participates as a sub-recipient on 5 grant sub-awards, drawing 90% of its awards from FTA funding. The district has received $774.1 million in combined federal obligations across 41 awards spanning from 1999 to July 2026, with recent activity concentrated in operating assistance and zero-emissions bus fleet acquisition. Representative prime awards include a $24.356 million FTA Formula Grant (CFDA 20.507) awarded July 20, 2026, to provide operating assistance for fixed-route bus service in Santa Cruz County through June 30, 2027; a $24.072 million FTA project grant (CFDA 20.526) awarded September 19, 2024, to replace 12 aging diesel and CNG buses with hydrogen fuel cell electric buses and construct a mobile hydrogen fueling station; and a $2.140 million Formula Grant from FTA Section 5339 awarded September 19, 2024, pooling FFY22, FFY23, and FFY24 allocations to purchase one 60-foot fuel cell electric bus and support facility upgrades. An earlier $26.020 million FFY21 Section 5307 ARP grant awarded February 24, 2022, funded operating costs including wages and fringe benefits for the period November 2021 through May 2023.
The district operates a 94-bus fixed-route fleet serving Santa Cruz County and provides paratransit service (ParaCruz) across the Santa Cruz and Watsonville urbanized areas, transporting more than 5 million passenger trips annually. Recent capital projects focus on zero-emissions vehicle transition; a sub-grant award dated December 5, 2024, issued to Arches H2 LLC anticipates support for three hydrogen refueling stations, two new maintenance facilities, and a fleet of 56 forty-foot and 17 sixty-foot fuel cell electric buses. Activity has accelerated in recent years—six awards in 2024 compared to two or three annually in 2021–2023—and only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating a stable recompete pipeline. Federal grant funding supplements the district's operating budget of approximately $55 million, funded through farebox revenue, sales tax, state sources, and federal grants.
Quick answers
Is Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District registered in SAM.gov?
Yes. Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District's SAM.gov registration is active through June 10, 2027.
What is Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District's most recent federal award?
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District's most recent federal grant award is To provide operating assistance funding to santa cruz metro for the purpose of providing fixed-route bus public… (CA2025246), from Federal Transit Administration, on July 20, 2026.
On GovTribe
See Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District's full federal record
- Federal grant awards
- Funding analysis by agency, NAICS and set-aside
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