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Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit)
Live now: 3 tenders, largest Sound Transit Link light rail vehicle simulator (value not published); holds relationships with SYSTRA, Brookville, Jacobs.
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- Type
- Transit authority — regional transit authority for Snohomish, King and Pierce counties under RCW 81.104 and 81.112; Link light rail, Sounder commuter rail, the T Line streetcar, ST Express bus and the Stride bus rapid transit programme
- Market · Region
- United States · Washington
- Open tenders
- 3
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Operates Link light rail, Sounder commuter rail and T Line streetcar in Puget Sound region.
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Builds and owns the Puget Sound regional rail network: the Link 1 and 2 Lines (43 miles of track, 33 stations, a fleet of 218 and rising), Sounder commuter rail (81.8 miles, 12 stations, 78 railcars and 14 locomotives) and the 7.51-mile T Line streetcar in Tacoma, on a 2026 budget of $3.3bn of which $1.855bn is system expansion. The Board updated the ST3 System Plan on 28 May 2026, superseding the 2021 realignment.
- Type
- Transit authority — regional transit authority for Snohomish, King and Pierce counties under RCW 81.104 and 81.112; Link light rail, Sounder commuter rail, the T Line streetcar, ST Express bus and the Stride bus rapid transit programme
- Where
- Washington · Seattle
- Programmes
- FTA Capital Investment Grants, IIJA / Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
- Technology areas
- Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control, Track & civil, Electrification, Predictive maintenance, Digital operations, Cybersecurity, AI inspection
Structure
- operated by King County Metro — Day-to-day operations, maintenance, dispatching and complementary paratransit for Link light rail under contract (active)
- operated by BNSF — Operator of Sounder commuter rail service and owner of the railway between Tacoma and Everett (active)
- regulated by WUTC — State rail safety programme: inspections, crossing projects and investigation of fatal rail accidents (active)
Who holds what here
- awarded Arcadis — Ten-year software-as-a-service contract for the Asset Management System Redesign programme (active · since 2026-08)
- awarded Jacobs — Phase 2 civil engineering design services for the West Seattle Link Extension (active · since 2026-06)
- awarded Mott MacDonald — Programme management support services for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions, as Connect Seattle Partners (active · since 2026-06)
- awarded WSP — Programme management support services for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions, as Connect Seattle Partners (active · since 2026-06)
- awarded Wabtec — Transportation systems supply contract; Sounder precision navigation modules (active · since 2026-03)
- awarded Kimley-Horn — Graham Street Boeing Access Road infill stations — Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. (active · since 2026-01)
- awarded SYSTRA — Sounder commuter rail car overhaul services, as part of the Systra-Brookville Joint Venture (active · since 2025-08)
- awarded Brookville — Sounder commuter rail car overhaul services as part of the Systra-Brookville Joint Venture; builder of five of the eight T Line streetcars (active · since 2025-08)
- awarded HNTB — Project development services for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions, Phases 1 to 3 (active · since 2017-10)
- supplied by Amtrak — Maintenance of the Sounder locomotive and passenger car fleet at Holgate yard, Seattle (active)
- supplied by Siemens Mobility — Series 2 light rail vehicles built at Sacramento, California — 154 in service and rising to 162 (active)
- supplied by Knorr-Bremse — Braking and door equipment supply contracts for the Link light rail fleet (active)
- awarded Knorr-Bremse — Link light rail brake and door equipment supply — Knorr Brake Company LLC (active)
- awarded Knorr-Bremse — Sound Transit light rail vehicle programme — Knorr Brake Company LLC (active)
- awarded SYSTRA — Sound Transit commuter rail vehicle mid-life overhaul — Systra-Brookville Joint Venture (active)
- Contract detail and values (14)In the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (20)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · 2026 Adopted Budget and Financial Plan — agency overview, transit operating budgets by mode, project budgets, Transit Improvement Plan and Appendix I project and programme detail pages (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Open and Closed Contracts Awarded in Excess of $100,000 (trailing 12 months), generated 8/3/2026 (published 2026-08-03 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Quarterly Procurement Look Ahead — upcoming architectural, engineering and construction procurements over the next 18 to 24 months, last updated July 2026 (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2025-38, Agreement with Systra-Brookville for Sounder Car Overhaul Services (published 2025-08-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2025-65, Purchase of Three Brookville Streetcars from the City of Portland (published 2025-12-04 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-01, Contract Modification with Kimley-Horn & Associates for project development services for the South Graham Street and South Boeing Access Road infill stations (published 2026-01-08 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-16, Contract Modification with HNTB Corporation for the Ballard Link Extension (Board final action 23 April 2026) (published 2026-04-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-21, Contract Modification with Connect Seattle Partners for Program Management Support Services for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions (published 2026-06-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-22, Contract Modification for Jacobs Engineering Group for Engineering Design Services for the West Seattle Link Extension project (published 2026-06-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-23, City of Seattle Project Administration Agreement Amendment and Task Orders for the West Seattle Link Extension, Ballard Link Extension, Graham Street Infill Station and Boeing Access Road Infill Station projects (published 2026-07-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-25, ratifying the chief executive officer's finding of an emergency to expedite procurement of repair services for a Sounder locomotive (published 2026-07-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-34, Awarding Contracts for the Asset Management System Redesign program (Board final action 27 August 2026) (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2025-18, Budget Amendment for the Sounder Vehicle Overhaul Project (published 2025-08-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2026-11, Updating the ST3 System Plan (Board final action 28 May 2026), with Attachment A tables 1-3 and the updated sources-and-uses summary (published 2026-05-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2026-14, Budget Amendments for West Seattle Link Extension and Ballard Link Extension Consultant Services Contracts (published 2026-06-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Presentation - System Expansion Monthly Status Report, System Expansion Committee 10 September 2026 (published 2026-09-10 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Report - Transit Development Plan 2026-2031 (submitted under RCW 35.58.2795; information current as of June 2026; Board adoption scheduled 27 August 2026) (published 2026-08-06 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Sound Transit vendor portal (Biddingo) — bid listing, 13 solicitations open for bidding on 14 September 2026 (published 2026-09-14 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission · About the Rail Safety Program — inspections, crossing projects, incident investigation and the Grade Crossing Protective Fund, with the programme's published contact desk (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Washington State Department of Transportation · How we manage the trains — Amtrak Cascades sponsorship, corridor management, business model and train equipment (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
Tenders
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- Procurement structure
- Published contacts (8)
- Award history (10)
- Entry path
- Portals (6)
Full detail withheld: 5 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
19 sources · all primary
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Procurement, contracts and agreements — Procurement, Contracts and Agreements (PCA) department page: vendor portal, procurement desks, protest procedure, unsolicited proposals, Small Works Roster (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Sound Transit vendor portal (Biddingo) — bid listing, 13 solicitations open for bidding on 14 September 2026 (published 2026-09-14 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Procurement Snapshot — active and future procurement activity, refresh date 08/30/2026 (published biweekly; includes procurement activity estimated to cost $250,000 or more) (published 2026-08-30 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Quarterly Procurement Look Ahead — upcoming architectural, engineering and construction procurements over the next 18 to 24 months, last updated July 2026 (published 2026-07 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Open and Closed Contracts Awarded in Excess of $100,000 (trailing 12 months), generated 8/3/2026 (published 2026-08-03 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · 2026 Adopted Budget and Financial Plan — agency overview, transit operating budgets by mode, project budgets, Transit Improvement Plan and Appendix I project and programme detail pages (published 2026-03-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Report - Transit Development Plan 2026-2031 (submitted under RCW 35.58.2795; information current as of June 2026; Board adoption scheduled 27 August 2026) (published 2026-08-06 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Resolution No. R2026-11, Updating the ST3 System Plan (Board final action 28 May 2026), with Attachment A tables 1-3 and the updated sources-and-uses summary (published 2026-05-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-11, Progressive Design-Build Contract with Hoffman Construction Company of Washington for the Operations and Maintenance Facility South project (Board final action 26 March 2026) (published 2026-03-26 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2025-38, Agreement with Systra-Brookville for Sounder Car Overhaul Services (published 2025-08-28 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-22, Contract Modification for Jacobs Engineering Group for Engineering Design Services for the West Seattle Link Extension project (published 2026-06-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-16, Contract Modification with HNTB Corporation for the Ballard Link Extension (Board final action 23 April 2026) (published 2026-04-23 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-21, Contract Modification with Connect Seattle Partners for Program Management Support Services for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extensions (published 2026-06-25 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-18, Asset Management Support Services Contract Award (Network Rail Consulting, Inc.) (published 2026-05-07 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-34, Awarding Contracts for the Asset Management System Redesign program (Board final action 27 August 2026) (published 2026-08-27 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2025-65, Purchase of Three Brookville Streetcars from the City of Portland (published 2025-12-04 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-14, Contract Modification with David Evans & Associates for the Sounder South Capacity Expansion and Sounder DuPont Extension projects - Sounder Rail and Signals Improvement Project (published 2026-04-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Motion No. M2026-01, Contract Modification with Kimley-Horn & Associates for project development services for the South Graham Street and South Boeing Access Road infill stations (published 2026-01-08 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) · Board of Directors documents — searchable catalogue of Board motions, resolutions, agendas, reports and minutes (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-14)
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