Washington ST Department Of Transportation

Washington State Department of Transportation Accounting And Financial Services Division, a division of Washington's executive state government operating as a federal grant recipient, administers federal transportation infrastructure funding from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and related agencies. The division does not hold federal contracts as a prime contractor and does not compete under set-asides; instead, it serves as Washington's statutory recipient for formula grants and project grants in highway, bridge, ferry, and public transit domains, managing over $31 billion in combined federal obligated amounts across more than 24,000 awards since 1997.

The division's federal footprint concentrates almost entirely on grant funding. The Federal Highway Administration issued 24,182 awards (99% of the division's prime award count) across multiple programs: the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (CFDA 20.287), the Bridge Formula Program (CFDA 20.263), the Highway Safety Improvement Program (CFDA 20.272), the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CFDA 20.268), the Carbon Reduction Program (CFDA 20.265), and the Construction of Ferry Boats and Ferry Terminal Facilities Program (CFDA 20.270). The Federal Transit Administration issued 318 awards, including formula grants for rural transit operations (CFDA 20.509), rail safety oversight (CFDA 20.528), metropolitan planning (CFDA 20.505), and transit fleet purchases (CFDA 20.526). Recent representative grants include a $39.255 million award for rural transit operations across Washington through October 2029; a $20.054 million highway widening, bridge replacement, and trail construction project on SR 202; a $12 million ferry vessel preventive maintenance pilot for the Washington State Ferry System; a $9 million competitively awarded BUILD grant (CFDA 20.933) for multi-use trail planning connecting Bainbridge Island to the Pacific Ocean; and $2.855 million for emergency repair of US Route 101 following December 2025 atmospheric river damage. Additional agencies contributing to the portfolio include the National Park Service Pacific West Region (41 awards, $1.7 million potential value for park maintenance), the Drug Enforcement Administration (41 awards, $2.1 million potential value), and the Forest Service Northern and Pacific Northwest regions (12 awards combined, $1.038 million potential value).

The division operates as a pass-through grantee, administering federal funding to county and municipal transportation agencies, regional transit authorities, and ferry operators rather than delivering construction work through private vendor subcontracts. The division performs design, engineering, and project management services in-house while local agency partners execute infrastructure construction. The division holds a single indefinite delivery contract with the Federal Aviation Administration Region 1 for airport maintenance services at Lake Wenatchee State Airport, carrying a $250,000 ceiling through December 2028, with a single $29,435 delivery order issued June 2025. The division received two grant sub-awards: one from the Port of Anacortes for Washington State Ferries' battery-electric tow tractor procurement ($385,000 total project budget), and one from the Military Department for public assistance following severe winter storms and flooding. Recent activity shows a sustained high volume of highway and bridge preservation grants—940 to 962 awards annually from 2022 to 2023—declining to 729 in 2024, 520 in 2025, and 310 in 2026, reflecting the timing of annual FHWA formula allocations and project-specific obligations. Approximately 289 awards carrying $175 thousand in combined potential value reach completion within the next twenty-four months and face recompete or reobligation cycles. The division's award portfolio spans construction, pavement preservation, bridge rehabilitation, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, emergency repairs from atmospheric river damage, ferry operations and maintenance, transit planning and bus procurement, and related surface transportation activities across Washington State.