Special NoticePosted Sep 9, 2026·Responses due Sep 24, 2026

Smart Benefits/Transit Benefits

Transportation (all) · OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
485999
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
693JK426_OST
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
Not stated
Place
Washington, DC, USA
Contact
Abdul Qader Latifi (abdul.latifi@dot.gov)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 693JK426_OST in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 9, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (0 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

This is NOT a Solicitation. This is instead a SOLE SOURCE Special Notice, in accordance with RFO FAR 5.101 and RFO FAR 5.201, announcing the intention of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to award, to Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to provide smart benefits/transit benefits to customers in the Washington capitol region, a new SOLE SOURCE contract for the project described below. This notice combines the Pre-solicitation Notice required by RFO FAR 5.101 and the Solicitation Notice required by RFO FAR 5.201, as no solicitation will be issued because the contract… (show all)

vehicle will be issued to the local transit authority (WMATA) authorized to provide fare media in identified areas via Economy Act Agreements and the authority of the Administrative Working Capital Fund (49 U.S.C. 327). RFO FAR 5.101 Presolicitaiton Notice (c) Content (1) Point of Contact Contracting Activity: Robin D. Golden Contracting Officer Acquisition Services Division 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE Washington DC, 20590 U.S. Department of Transportation Robin.Golden@dot.gov (2) Set-asides This requirement is not available as small business set-asides. (3) Codes for services or supplies The Product Service Code and North American Industry Classification System code for this requirement is: Product Service Code: V999, Transportation/Travel/Relocation- Other: Other NAICS Code: 485999, All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation (4) Description (i) Description of Action The Office of Transportation Services (TRANServe) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) purchases Fare Media and this contract will be issued for the purchase of transit fare media for federal employees located in Washington DC area. The appropriate procurement vehicle will be issued to the local transit authority authorized to provide fare media in the identified areas. Services include purchasing and distributing transit fare media via Economy Act agreements and the authority of the Administrative Working Capital Fund (49 U.S.C. 327); providing timely and efficient transit benefit service to over 200,000 customers. (ii) Not Applicable (iii) Not Applicable (iv) Not Applicable (v) Not Applicable (vi) Not Applicable (vii) Not Applicable (viii) Not Applicable RFO FAR 5.201 Solicitation Notice (c) Content (1) See above for the information required at RFO FAR 5.101(c) (2) Not Applicable (3) Not Applicable (5) Notice Requirements & Capability Statements This SOLE-SOURCE Special Notice is being publicized, in Sam.gov as is required by RFO FAR 5.101 and RFO FAR 5.201. If a result of this publishing of this Sole Source Special Notice, any responder (OTHER THAN Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority) is interested and believe they can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Email your submission to Abdul Latifi at abdul.latifi@dot.gov, Robin Golden at robin.golden@dot.gov and to Jermaine Datcher at jermaine.datcher@dot.gov no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Time, September 24, 2026.

Who won similar work

445 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Transportation (all)), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (439): middle half $253K to $10.0M, median $1.9M; range $2K to $1.4B.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
YORKSHIRE INDUSTRIES LLC6$8.2MJul 22, 2026
TOTE SERVICES, LLC5$1.7BAug 1, 2025
GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY · $GVA · $3.5B5$96.2MAug 28, 2026
KEYSTONE SHIPPING SERVICES, INC.4$1.6BAug 1, 2025
AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.4$278.3MJul 1, 2026
M.A. DEATLEY CONSTRUCTION, INC.4$93.9MMar 31, 2026
BAY MARINE BOATWORKS, INC.4$520KJul 5, 2026
PATRIOT CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC3$772.3MAug 1, 2025
PACIFIC-GULF MARINE, INC.3$621.9MAug 1, 2025
ESTES BROS. CONST. INC.3$152.6MFeb 24, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Investor context
  • $GVA reported $3.5B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 439 past awards, $1.9M, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K

One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Transportation, Dept of (DOT) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Transportation, Dept of (DOT) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 1218 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.