Who buys Product and Service Code AS12 (Transportation R&D Services; Surface Transportation, Public Transit, and Rail; Applied Research), who wins it, what's open now and which contracts expire next — from FY2026 USAspending awards and live SAM.gov solicitations.
Contract data as of Oct 18, 2026 (USAspending) · recent coverage verified weekly
| Quarter | Awards | Obligated | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | 10 | $7.6M | — |
| Q2 FY2026 | 4 | $4.5M | -40% |
| Q3 FY2026 | 11 | $12.5M | +175% |
| Q4 FY2026 | 58 | $44.0M | +252% |
Federal fiscal quarters (Q1 = Oct–Dec). Awards are counted in the quarter they start; obligations are the award's obligated amount.
| # | Contractor | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA | $10.0M | 14.6% |
| 2 | TOXCEL LLC | $6.6M | 9.7% |
| 3 | SES GROUP & ASSOCIATES, LLC | $5.9M | 8.6% |
| 4 | IENGINEERING CORPORATION | $3.4M | 5.0% |
| 5 | VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY | $2.1M | 3.1% |
| 6 | ANRA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | $1.9M | 2.7% |
| 7 | OPAL AI INC | $1.7M | 2.5% |
| 8 | CREARE LLC | $1.7M | 2.5% |
| 9 | TRANALYTICS, LLC | $1.7M | 2.5% |
| 10 | KITWARE, INC. | $1.7M | 2.5% |
Registrations are rolled up to their corporate parent (USAspending parent UEI), so a company with several SAM registrations ranks once.
| Agency | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Transportation | $68.6M | 100.0% |
| Department of Homeland Security | $13K | 0.0% |
| Department of Justice | $0 | 0.0% |
| Start | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | MAINTAINING SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE NAS WITH THE INTEGRATION OF COUNTER UAS TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · Department of Transportation | $10.0M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | FY26 PHASE II AWARD WITH OPALAI INC. UNDER TOPIC AI FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND DESIGN (AI TPD). OPAL AI INC · Department of Transportation | $1.7M |
| Jul 1, 2026 | FY26 PHASE II AWARD WITH TRANALYTICS LLC UNDER TOPIC AI FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND DESIGN (AI TPD). TRANALYTICS, LLC · Department of Transportation | $1.7M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | FY26 PHASE II AWARD WITH KITWARE, INC. UNDER TOPIC AI FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND DESIGN (AI TPD). KITWARE INC · Department of Transportation | $1.7M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | FY26 PHASE II AWARD WITH STATE OF PLACE UNDER TOPIC AI FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND DESIGN (AI TPD). STATE OF PLACE INC · Department of Transportation | $1.7M |
The largest obligations on awards that started in the window’s latest quarter.
| Ends | Contract · recipient | Obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2027 | STOL III: MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS, AND COMMUNICATIONS (MOC) SUPPORT FOR THE SAXTON TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS LABORATORY (SAXTON LAB) LEIDOS, INC. · Department of Transportation | $14.1M |
| Sep 15, 2027 | THIS IS A HYBRID FIRM FIXED PRICE AND COST-PLUS FIXED FEE TASK ORDER FOR THE PROJECT ENTITLED, "TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES STRUCTURES (STR) LABORATORY" UNDER THE IEL IDIQ. WORK SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PERFORMANCE WORK STAT GENEX SYSTEMS, LLC · Department of Transportation | $8.2M |
| Sep 29, 2027 | TITLE: NATIONAL ROADSIDE SAFETY DUNLAP AND ASSOCIATES, INC. · Department of Transportation | $7.7M |
| Jul 21, 2027 | NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICAL SUPPORT 3 LED INC · Department of Transportation | $3.3M |
| Apr 30, 2027 | THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCREMENTALLY FUND CLIN 0200. SYNTEK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · Department of Transportation | $2.9M |
78 contracts under this code reach their final end date (options included) in the next 12 months.
| Set-aside type | Obligated | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Small business set-aside | $19.0M | 50.3% |
| 8(a) | $0 | 0.0% |
| SDVOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| WOSB / EDWOSB | $0 | 0.0% |
| HUBZone | $0 | 0.0% |
| No set-aside (full & open) | $18.7M | 49.7% |
Share of obligations on awards whose set-aside type is recorded — 55% of this market's dollars. Most USAspending bulk-archive records leave the field blank, so blank awards are excluded rather than counted as full & open.
Showing the 10 most recently posted of 18. Links open the notice on SAM.gov.
Source: USAspending.gov contract awards (prime awards with a start date from Oct 1, 2025 through Sep 30, 2026), SAM.gov contract opportunities, and SBA size standards. Recompetes are contracts whose final end date — options included — falls in the next 12 months. Figures are recomputed when a new USAspending load lands. See our data sources.