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Special Needs Transportation federal contracting brief

NAICS 485991 · national · 24-month window · n=231 awards

Pricing distribution

PercentileAward $Distribution
P10$174,516
P25$589,499
Median$1,189,443
P75$2,328,814
P90$3,803,745

Top 10 winners

#FirmNAICSTop awarding agencyTotal awarded
0128 TRANS, LLC485991Department of Veterans Affairs$43.1M
02NAVARRE CORPORATION485991Department of Veterans Affairs$40.2M
03ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, LLC485991Department of Veterans Affairs$26.2M
04GOVTRANZ, LLC485991Department of Veterans Affairs$26.1M
05AMERIGUARD SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.485991Department of Veterans Affairs$23.4M
06BRADSHER, JAMES E485991Department of Veterans Affairs$21.8M
07INTEGRATED MAINTENANCE AND BUS SERVICES LLC485991Department of Veterans Affairs$18.4M
08MEDSTAR CABULANCE INC485991Department of Veterans Affairs$14.6M
09OWL INC485991Department of Veterans Affairs$14.6M
10ASSISTED TRANSPORTATION CORP485991Department of Veterans Affairs$13.6M

Top 5 awarding agencies

#Awarding agencyAwardsShareTotal $
01Department of Veterans Affairs22195.7%$415.5M
02Department of Defense41.7%$1.0M
03Department of the Treasury20.9%$70K
04Department of State20.9%$476K
05Department of Health and Human Services10.4%$37K

Geographic distribution

#StateAwardsShareTotal $
01CA229.6%$49.9M
02VA156.6%$21.2M
03OH156.6%$24.8M
04TX146.1%$23.3M
05MI146.1%$14.6M
06IN114.8%$12.7M
07MD104.4%$12.0M
08MO104.4%$8.9M
09NY93.9%$19.2M
10AZ93.9%$24.3M

8-quarter median trend

$0$701K$1.4M$2.1M$2.8M2024-Q22024-Q32024-Q42025-Q12025-Q22025-Q32025-Q42026-Q12026-Q22026-Q3

Median award by fiscal quarter. Red dots mark the median for that quarter; the line shows the trend across the last 8 quarters.

What this means for your bid

Federal contractors in Special Needs Transportation face a wide pricing distribution: the P10 award is $174,516 while the P90 is $3,803,745. Median is $1,189,443 across 231 awards in the last 24 months. Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for 96% of activity. Most small contractors bid at or below P25 ($589,499); pricing toward the median tends to land in the winning band on competitively-evaluated contracts.

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Source: USASpending.gov public award records. Methodology + refresh cadence at /methodology.