FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program | FTA 2022 002 TPM BUSC

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The FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program is a discretionary grant competition run by the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). It supports public transportation agencies and related government entities seeking capital investment to improve bus service, bus infrastructure, and supporting facilities. In this announcement, FTA is running two closely related competitive programs at the same time: the FY 2022 Low or No Emission Grant Program (commonly called the Low-No Program) and the FY 2022 Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program (Buses and Bus Facilities). Both are listed under Federal Assistance Listing (CFDA/Assistance Listing) 20.526, and awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds.

In terms of funding levels, the notice describes approximately $1.1 billion available nationally through the FY 2022 Low-No Program and approximately $372 million available through the FY 2022 Buses and Bus Facilities Program. While the Low-No program is geared toward deploying low- or zero-emission buses and the supporting equipment and infrastructure needed to operate them, the Buses and Bus Facilities program broadly targets bus capital needs, such as replacing, rehabilitating, or purchasing buses; improving bus-related facilities; and other eligible bus capital projects that strengthen service reliability, safety, and state of good repair. The opportunity is structured as a competitive process rather than a formula allocation, meaning applicants need to submit a proposal that can be scored and selected against other applications nationwide.

Eligible applicants include state governments, county governments, city or township governments, and federally recognized Native American tribal governments. The announcement also indicates that additional eligible entities may exist under the "Others" category, with clarification provided in the full notice (typically this can include public transit agencies or other designated recipients that meet FTA eligibility rules). The grants are administered by the Federal Transit Administration, and the overall activity category is transportation.

For applicants, the key procedural details are straightforward and time-sensitive. The opportunity was created on March 7, 2022, and the application deadline was May 31, 2022. Applications had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov no later than 11:59 PM Eastern Time on the closing date. FTA indicated that synopses and the full announcements would be posted on Grants.gov under separate funding opportunity IDs: FTA-001-TPM for Low-No applications and FTA-002-TPM for Buses and Bus Facilities applications, which matters because applicants need to select the correct notice depending on the program they are applying to.

The award information provided in the source data reflects a large, multi-award competition. The expected number of awards is listed as about 500, suggesting many smaller and mid-sized awards rather than only a handful of large projects. The data also lists an award ceiling of $37,200,000, which signals the upper bound for an individual award under this opportunity (or at least under the specific Buses and Bus Facilities competition record shown), even though the total program funding is much larger when aggregated across all awards.

Overall, this grant opportunity is aimed at helping public entities modernize and expand bus fleets, improve bus maintenance and operational facilities, and in the case of the Low-No program, accelerate the transition to cleaner vehicle technologies. The competitive nature, the substantial total funding amounts, and the volume of anticipated awards together indicate a nationwide effort to support near-term bus capital investments and longer-term fleet modernization goals through targeted federal assistance.

• The Department of Transportation, DOT/Federal Transit Administration in the transportation sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Buses and Bus Facilities Competitive Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 20.526.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 07, 2022.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 31, 2022. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $37,200,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 500 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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