The Virginia Department of Transportation is primarily focused on the development, maintenance, and modernization of regional transportation infrastructure. Its core mission centers on the construction and rehabilitation of highways, bridges, and pedestrian pathways, with a strategic emphasis on safety improvements such as ADA curb ramp upgrades, roundabout installations, and clear zone guardrail enhancements.
Virginia Department of Transportation is a government agency with procurement activity across contracts, awards, and contractors. It currently has 546 open contract opportunities.
Spending trends, top contractors, industry breakdown, and recent contract activity.
AI Mission Profile
The Virginia Department of Transportation is primarily focused on the development, maintenance, and modernization of regional transportation infrastructure. Its core mission centers on the construction and rehabilitation of highways, bridges, and pedestrian pathways, with a strategic emphasis on saf...
The Virginia Department of Transportation is primarily focused on the development, maintenance, and modernization of regional transportation infrastructure. Its core mission centers on the construction and rehabilitation of highways, bridges, and pedestrian pathways, with a strategic emphasis on safety improvements such as ADA curb ramp upgrades, roundabout installations, and clear zone guardrail enhancements. The agency also prioritizes the expansion of multi-modal transit through scenic trail construction and the ongoing structural upkeep of bridge assets.
Procurement patterns indicate a heavy reliance on heavy civil engineering and specialty trade contracting. The agency frequently solicits services for asphalt paving, ready-mix concrete manufacturing, and structural metal fabrication. Beyond physical construction, the agency procures significant administrative support, including general management consulting, temporary staffing, and environmental consulting services to support project planning and regulatory compliance.
The agency targets a wide array of NAICS categories, with a primary focus on highway, street, and bridge construction and specialty trade contracting. There is a clear preference for diversifying the vendor base through the use of set-asides, specifically targeting small businesses and Small, Women, and Minority-owned businesses (SWaM) and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE).
Operating as a department of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the agency manages a broad geographic scope of infrastructure projects. Its procurement structure utilizes a mix of invitation for bids (IFB) and on-call service contracts to maintain flexibility for recurring maintenance and emergency repair needs.
Procurement analytics
Where Virginia Department of Transportation directs its contract spending, by industry and small-business set-aside program.
Set-Aside Programs
All time
Small Business - DSBSD-certified micro businesses or small businesses21435.9%
small_business - Small Business Set-Aside Award Priority10718%
Small Business Set-Aside - DSBSD-certified micro businesses or small businesses8313.9%
Small Business Set-Aside Award Priority - Small Businesses are those that hold a current small business certification from the Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise.406.7%
DBE - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program396.5%
small business - DSBSD-certified micro businesses or small businesses172.9%
swam - Small, Women-owned, and Minority-owned Business (SWaM) Program172.9%
Small Business Enhancement Award Priority - DSBSD-certified micro businesses or small businesses162.7%
Recent Virginia Department of Transportation contracts
The latest contract opportunities posted by Virginia Department of Transportation, including active solicitations and recent awards.
Senate-confirmed and senior-executive posts at Virginia Department of Transportation and its sub-agencies, as published in the OPM Plum Book. These are leadership positions, not total employees.
Leadership posts
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Acting officials
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No senior leadership posts resolved to this agency yet
Recent Virginia Department of Transportation Contracts
The latest contract opportunities posted by this agency, including active solicitations and recent awards.
