Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission

Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, doing business as Sewrpc, is a U.S. local government planning entity based in Waukauba, Wisconsin, that acts as a federal grant recipient in regional transportation planning, geospatial data acquisition, and climate mitigation strategy development. Sewrpc operates predominantly as a sub-recipient (67% of recent awards), receiving pass-through funding from state intermediaries, principally the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration, which in turn draw on federal grants from the Department of Transportation, the Department of Commerce, and other agencies.

Sewrpc's capability portfolio centers on multi-county regional planning and geospatial services. As a prime grant recipient, Sewrpc has undertaken three named federal programs: a $120 thousand Economic Development Administration project grant (awarded June 2026, running through December 2027) to update the seven-county region's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy; an $851 thousand USGS National Geospatial Program cooperative agreement (awarded September 2025, concluding August 2028) to deliver high-density LiDAR data acquisition and processing across approximately 2,709 square miles of southeastern Wisconsin, producing calibrated point cloud data, Digital Elevation Models, hydro-flattened breaklines, and survey checkpoints conforming to USGS 3D Elevation Program specifications; and an EPA Region 5 cooperative agreement (awarded June 2023, running through May 2027) to develop regional climate mitigation plans addressing greenhouse gas emissions and reduction measures across the Milwaukee metropolitan area, with deliverables including a Priority Climate Action Plan and a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan.

In its sub-recipient role, Sewrpc draws pass-through funding through Wisconsin transportation and state administration channels. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation issues recurring Planning (PL) awards to Sewrpc—multiple allocations in 2024, 2025, and 2026 for Metropolitan Planning Organization activities under 23 CFR 420 and 450. The State of Wisconsin Department of Administration has directed sub-awards to Sewrpc for technical assistance (two instances in 2024 and 2025), regional high-density LiDAR capacity development, habitat restoration and ecological management planning, and natural area planning.

Customer concentration reflects Sewrpc's regional planning mandate: the Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration anchors 10 awards, the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 6 awards, the Economic Development Administration 2 awards, and the U.S. Geological Survey 2 awards, accounting for 83% of recent awards. Two awards (combined potential value not separately quantified) face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore carry near-term recompete exposure. Across its recent footprint, Sewrpc operates on grant and cooperative-agreement mechanisms exclusively, with no prime federal contracts and no presence on government-wide contract vehicles or agency IDIQs.