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Valley Metro (Valley Metro Rail, Inc. and the Regional Public Transportation Authority)

Live now: 1 tender, largest Valley Metro light rail streetcar operations five-year (value not published); holds relationships with Siemens Mobility, Kiewit, Jacobs.

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Type
Transit authority — two legally separate public bodies operating as one agency under a single chief executive and a shared procurement department: Valley Metro Rail, Inc. (VMR), the public corporation that owns and builds the light rail and streetcar system and whose board of directors on 14 September 2026 seats the cities of Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe — the agency's own minutes of 12 June 2025 call Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa 'our three member rail cities', and a Chandler member sat on the VMR board at that meeting — and the Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA), the regional bus and paratransit authority whose board seats elected officials from Maricopa County and its member cities and towns. Each has its own board of directors; they meet jointly and share a consolidated agenda packet.
Market · Region
United States · Arizona
Open tenders
1
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection

Arizona's only light rail builder operating 35-mile two-line network.

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Arizona's only light rail and streetcar builder and the buyer of record for every rail capital package in the state. Valley Metro's own June 2026 board presentation on the Operations Cleaning Services award describes the light rail coverage area as a 35-mile alignment with 58 passenger stations and 12 park-and-rides, with roughly 60 light rail vehicles cleaned each night; the system became a two-line network (A line east–west, B line north–south) on the opening of the South Central Extension/Downtown Hub on 7 June 2025. The Valley Metro Rail board approved an FY27 operating and capital budget of $208.3 million on 21 May 2026 and accepted a five-year operating forecast and capital program of $699.2 million operating and $1,161.1 million capital for FY27 through FY31.

Type
Transit authority — two legally separate public bodies operating as one agency under a single chief executive and a shared procurement department: Valley Metro Rail, Inc. (VMR), the public corporation that owns and builds the light rail and streetcar system and whose board of directors on 14 September 2026 seats the cities of Mesa, Phoenix and Tempe — the agency's own minutes of 12 June 2025 call Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa 'our three member rail cities', and a Chandler member sat on the VMR board at that meeting — and the Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA), the regional bus and paratransit authority whose board seats elected officials from Maricopa County and its member cities and towns. Each has its own board of directors; they meet jointly and share a consolidated agenda packet.
Where
Arizona · Phoenix
Programmes
FTA Capital Investment Grants, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Technology areas
Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Electrification, Digital operations, Predictive maintenance, Cybersecurity, AI inspection

Structure

  • regulated by ADOT — State safety oversight of Arizona's rail fixed guideway systems, contracted to Dovetail Consulting Inc under the Light Rail/Streetcar Safety and Security Oversight master agreement (active · since 2025-04-08)
  • funded by Phoenix PTD — City of Phoenix Transportation 2050 is the largest local funding source for Valley Metro Rail's capital programme and Phoenix is a member city of Valley Metro Rail, Inc. (active · since 2016-01-01)

Who holds what here

  • awarded Siemens Mobility — Piggyback contract under Orange County Transportation Authority contract C-6-1445 for three S700 articulated low-floor light rail vehicles, aggregate (active · since 2025-06-12)
  • awarded Kiewit — Construction-manager-at-risk services for the South Central Extension/Downtown Hub, the 5.5-mile light rail extension that opened on 7 June 2025 (active)
  • awarded Jacobs — Capitol Extension design, and project development support after the extension was deferred (active)
  • awarded Knorr-Bremse — Light Rail Vehicle and Streetcar Brake Parts Supply sole source contract, three-year initial term with two one-year options, aggregate value — recommended for award to the firm Valley Metro names as Knorr Brake Company on the Valley Metro Rail Board's consent agenda of 27 August 2026, with no minute of that meeting published yet (pending)
  • supplied by Brookville — Streetcar vehicle manufacturer for the Tempe Streetcar, the Valley's first modern streetcar line (active)
  • awarded Brookville — Tempe Streetcar Mill Ash Brookville — Brookville (active)
Sources for these relationships (14)
  • ● State of Arizona · Arizona Procurement Portal (APP) — public contracts browse, searched for rail on 14 September 2026 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● State of Arizona · Arizona Procurement Portal (APP) — public request-for-proposals browse (Ivalua), searched on 14 September 2026 for rail, light rail, streetcar, track, transit, grade crossing, locomotive, crossing, railcar, catenary, rolling stock and Valley Metro (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● City of Tucson (Sun Link) · Sun Link Streetcar 105 Returns to Service, 21 August 2026 — repair, inspection and testing after the collision of 16 August 2025, investigation with the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration (published 2026-08-21 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● City of Phoenix · Transportation 2050 Annual Progress Report FY 2025 — high-capacity transit cumulative progress, grants received, Phoenix's FY2025 light rail allocation and the five-year HCT investment (37 pages) (published 2025 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Capitol Extension project page — the Phoenix City Council vote of 27 January 2026 and Valley Metro's statement that it will exit project development and the Capital Investment Grant process (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Northwest Extension Phase II fact sheet, March 2024 — $401 million funding total with the three-source split, construction quantities, project overview (published 2024-03 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · April board meeting packet — agendas of 16 April 2026, Valley Metro Rail FY27 preliminary operating and capital budget and FY27–FY31 five-year forecast and capital program, purchase order registers (167 pages) (published 2026-04-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · August board meeting packet — Joint Boards, RPTA and Valley Metro Rail agendas of 28 August 2025, minutes of the Valley Metro Rail Board meeting of 12 June 2025, Program Management/Construction Management contract award executive summary, purchase order registers (157 pages) (published 2025-08-21 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · REVISED August Valley Metro Board Meeting Packet — Joint Boards, RPTA and Valley Metro Rail agendas of 27 August 2026, minutes of the Joint Boards meeting of 18 June 2026, executive summaries, 2026 Prop 400 Transit Life Cycle Program Rail Update, monthly purchase order registers (192 pages) (published 2026-08-24 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · June board meeting packet — agendas of 18 June 2026, Operations Cleaning Services contract award executive summary with the nine-offeror evaluation table, minutes of the 21 May 2026 meetings (136 pages) (published 2026-06-11 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · May board meeting packet — agendas of 21 May 2026, FY27 proposed operating and capital budgets, quarterly strategic plan update recording the Capitol Extension exit from the Capital Investment Grant process, purchase order registers (225 pages) (published 2026-05-14 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Rio East-Dobson Streetcar Extension project page — 4.35 miles, engineering design phase, $15.9 million RAISE grant, locally preferred alternative adopted by the Mesa and Tempe city councils in December 2024 (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · South Central Extension/Downtown Hub Frequently Asked Questions, May 2025 — project scope, timeline and the full $1.34bn budget breakdown by funding source (published 2025-05 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Tempe Streetcar project page — first modern streetcar line in the Valley, Mill and Ash avenues, Brookville as the streetcar vehicle manufacturer, 125-passenger single cars (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)

Tenders

TenderStatusValue bandNext key date
Valley Metro light rail streetcar operations five-yearOpenvalue not published
Three Siemens S700 light rail vehiclesAwarded$25–100m
Operations cleaning ABM Industries Group DexterraAwarded$5–25m
South Central Extension Downtown Hub KiewitIn executionover $1bnCompletion 2019
Central Mesa Extension light railIn execution$100–500m
Gilbert Road Extension A line terminusIn execution$100–500m
Northwest Extension Phase I light railIn execution$100–500m
Northwest Extension Phase II light railIn execution$100–500mCompletion August 2020
Tempe Streetcar Mill Ash BrookvilleIn execution$100–500m
DMS Facility Services operations cleaning endedIn execution$25–100mContract runs to June 2026
Program management Infenix Capitol Rio East-DobsonIn execution$25–100mPublished March 2025
50th Street Station Washington light railIn execution$5–25m
I-10 West Extension light railPlannedover $1bn
Rio East-Dobson Streetcar Extension designPlanned$500m–1bn
Corridor Planning CPDA West PhoenixPlanned$100–500m
Future Project Development Valley MetroPlanned$100–500m
Light rail vehicle acquisition S700Planned$100–500m
State of Good Repair renewalsPlanned$100–500m
West Phoenix Extension Indian School RoadPlanned$100–500m
Capitol Extension deferred January 2026Planned$25–100m
Design Standards System PlanningPlanned$25–100m
Operations Maintenance Center expansionPlanned$25–100m
Systemwide Improvements light railPlanned$25–100m
Siemens S700 single light rail replacementPlanned$5–25m

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  • Procurement structure
  • Published contacts (3)
  • Award history (11)
  • Entry path

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13 sources · all primary
  • ● Valley Metro · Contracts and Procurement — vendor registration through OpenGov, procurement mailbox, DBE programme; links to Upcoming, Current, Pending Award and Current Contracts (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Valley Metro Procurement Portal on OpenGov Procurement — Active, Coming Soon, Pending and Closed project lists (read with departmentId=all and limit=100 for each status on 14 September 2026) (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Project 2025-RFP-061 Light Rail and Streetcar Operations — request for proposals, summary, timeline, seven addenda (portal project 181699) (published 2026-07-22 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Project 2026-SS-104 Public Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract — Light Rail Vehicle Repair (portal project 300049) (published 2026-09-03 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Boards of Directors — Valley Metro RPTA and Valley Metro Rail board membership, board office contact, meeting archive (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · Events Archive — board, committee and subcommittee meeting listings with agenda packets (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · REVISED August Valley Metro Board Meeting Packet — Joint Boards, RPTA and Valley Metro Rail agendas of 27 August 2026, minutes of the Joint Boards meeting of 18 June 2026, executive summaries, 2026 Prop 400 Transit Life Cycle Program Rail Update, monthly purchase order registers (192 pages) (published 2026-08-24 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · August board meeting packet — Joint Boards, RPTA and Valley Metro Rail agendas of 28 August 2025, minutes of the Valley Metro Rail Board meeting of 12 June 2025, Program Management/Construction Management contract award executive summary, purchase order registers (157 pages) (published 2025-08-21 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · June board meeting packet — agendas of 18 June 2026, Operations Cleaning Services contract award executive summary with the nine-offeror evaluation table, minutes of the 21 May 2026 meetings (136 pages) (published 2026-06-11 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · May board meeting packet — agendas of 21 May 2026, FY27 proposed operating and capital budgets, quarterly strategic plan update recording the Capitol Extension exit from the Capital Investment Grant process, purchase order registers (225 pages) (published 2026-05-14 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · April board meeting packet — agendas of 16 April 2026, Valley Metro Rail FY27 preliminary operating and capital budget and FY27–FY31 five-year forecast and capital program, purchase order registers (167 pages) (published 2026-04-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · November 2025 board meeting packet — Joint Boards, RPTA and Valley Metro Rail agendas of 13 November 2025, minutes of the 16 October 2025 meetings, the Siemens light rail vehicle and vendor-managed-inventory contract award executive summaries, the Operations Cleaning Services contract amendment and the Northwest Extension Phase II pass-through grant extension (157 pages) (published 2025-11-06 · checked 2026-09-14)
  • ● Valley Metro · October 2025 board meeting packet — Joint Boards, RPTA and Valley Metro Rail agendas of 16 October 2025, minutes of the 18 September 2025 meetings including the SCADA server infrastructure upgrade award, the community relations support services contract amendment and the monthly purchase order registers (81 pages) (published 2025-10-10 · checked 2026-09-14)

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