Centralized Versus Decentralized State Procurement of Paratransit Vehicles for the Federal Section 5310 Program

This digest summarizes the results of NCHRP Project 20-65(9). Information was collected on the multiyear procurement experience of states that directly and indirectly procure paratransit vehicles applying funds from the federal Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities Program (49 U.S.C. Section 5310). The objective of this study was to help states improve their current procurement processes or enable them to strategically consider alternative processes for acquiring vehicles for this program.