Federal Railroad Administration's contract dollars, traced to the source.
Federal Railroad Administration · Department of Transportation
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a component of the Department of Transportation, oversees railroad safety regulation, inspection, and passenger & freight rail development across the national network. Its ~$0.07B in FY2025 contract dollars is dominated by rail safety technical services — the single largest award funds ENSCO's Automated Track Inspection Program (geometry-measurement and track-safety services) — alongside rail-safety data/IT systems (Strongbridge O&M & SharePoint support, Spatial Front's Railroad Safety Information Management System). The remainder skews to passenger-rail planning & engineering studies, including a New York Penn Station service optimization study (Kimley-Horn) and the Amtrak long-distance service study (AECOM).
Contract obligations (latest complete FY)
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USAspending contract feed
What this monitor reads — and what it doesn't
This is the contract-signal tier: the live USAspending award feed for the Federal Railroad Administration awarding sub-agency. It shows where FRA's procurement dollars go — obligations over time and the largest awards — not total budget authority, which also includes payroll, grants, and transfers. Figures reflect FRA's FY2025 contract (procurement) awards from USAspending, not its total budget authority or grant obligations. The appropriation-level view lives on the Department of Transportation monitor.