Virginia Department Of Transportation

Virginia Department of Transportation, Fiscal-E-Zpass Division, doing business as E-Zpass Virginia, is a U.S. government state entity operating as a primary recipient of federal grants (98% of recent awards) rather than a federal contractor. The division administers electronic toll collection and transportation planning services, with the vast majority of its federal footprint consisting of formula grants from the Federal Highway Administration for highway construction, bridge preservation, pedestrian infrastructure, and multimodal transportation improvements across Virginia.

E-Zpass Virginia's federal award activity is heavily concentrated within a single customer: the Federal Highway Administration accounts for 5,941 of 6,108 total awards in the source data, dominating both award count and dollar value. The next-largest customer relationships—Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (95 awards), the Drug Enforcement Administration (9 awards, $83 thousand), and the Justice Management Division (4 awards, $43 thousand)—are negligible by comparison. Recent grant recipients include the Virginia Department of Transportation itself (as prime recipient under multiple federal grant programs), with sub-awards flowing to local jurisdictions including the City of Virginia Beach, City of Newport News, City of Alexandria, and Stafford County Virginia for project implementation of transportation infrastructure improvements.

E-Zpass Virginia's federal grant portfolio centers on Federal Highway Administration programs: Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBG, CFDA 20.287) for sidewalk, pedestrian, bicycle, and intersection improvements; Bridge Formula Program (CFDA 20.263) for bridge rehabilitation and preservation; Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205) for preliminary engineering and roadway design; State Planning and Research Program (CFDA 20.258) for transportation planning, research, and technical assistance through the Virginia Transportation Research Council; National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program (CFDA 20.277) for EV charging station deployment; Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ, CFDA 20.268) for air quality and congestion reduction projects; Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP, CFDA 20.272) for pedestrian crossing and curve delineation safety enhancements; and the Carbon Reduction Program (CFDA 20.265) for emissions reduction through infrastructure improvements. Representative named projects include the Appomattox Greenway Trail Boulevard Spur (formula grant, $0 specified in source); STARS VI Statewide Transportation Advancement and Recognition System (cooperative agreement, $6.0 million, SPR Program); Nimmo Parkway Phase VII-B pedestrian and bicycle improvements ($3.75 million Highway Planning and Construction grant plus $4.096 million STBG grant); and numerous NEVI corridor EV charging stations across the I-81, I-64, I-95, US Route 29, and US Route 460 corridors valued between $787 thousand and $1.36 million each.

Two federal contracts—both procurement-oriented—sit outside the grant footprint. A $24 thousand purchase order from the Drug Enforcement Administration for E-ZPass services (awarded August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2027) and a $850 delivery order from Medical Command for tolls under E-ZPass (awarded January 30, 2026, through January 29, 2028) represent nominal contract volume. E-Zpass Virginia also holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Department of Defense (awarded May 23, 2025, ceiling $350 thousand through May 22, 2030) for law enforcement emergency vehicles, transponders, and toll management services covering Maryland, Virginia, and nearby states; the BPA required Public Trust Clearance personnel and centralized toll account management with monthly reporting.

Activity volume shows sustained high-volume federal grant receipt. Awards per year averaged 1,218 across 2022–2025, declining to 245 in the partial 2026 year. The combined potential value across all 6,108 awards totals $2.3 million; however, obligated dollars reach $8.63 billion—a 378,550% ratio indicating that obligated dollars vastly exceed stated potential values, reflecting the routine nature of formula grant obligations under federal highway and transportation programs. The recompete cliff shows 459 awards (combined potential value $587 thousand) completing within the next twenty-four months, representing routine formula grant cycles rather than competitive recompete risk. E-Zpass Virginia competes exclusively in full-and-open (non-set-aside) federal grant programs; no 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, or other small-business set-aside designations apply to this state entity.