Federal spend by industry (NAICS)

How much does the federal government spend under NAICS 485991 (Special Needs Transportation), and who wins the contracts?

Name: Special Needs Transportation (NAICS 485991) — federal contract spending
Creator: Fonteum
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Federal prime-contract spending under NAICS 485991 (Special Needs Transportation), as the public record states it — total obligated, the contractors who win the work, the agencies that buy it, and the fiscal-year trend, stated as exact dated facts with their source, never a score or label. Confirm the full picture at USASpending.gov →

The federal government has $7,332,711 obligated across 16 prime-award actions on file to 3 contractors under NAICS 485991 (Special Needs Transportation), on the prime-award records Fonteum currently holds. Every figure is an exact USASpending.gov fact — no score, no label; confirm the full picture at USASpending.gov.

At a glance

$7,332,711

Obligated across prime awards on file

Prime-award actions on file

Distinct contractors

Distinct awarding agencies

Top contractors — largest recipients of Special Needs Transportation awards

Contractor	Award actions	Obligated	Share of obligated $
READY 2 GO TRANSPORT CENTRAL LLC	2	$3,142,694	42.9%
READY 2 GO TRANSPORT LLC	1	$2,211,390	30.2%
MERCY REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC	13	$1,978,627	27%

Who buys Special Needs Transportation — top awarding agencies

Awarding agency	Award actions	Obligated	Share of obligated $
Department of Veterans Affairs	16	$7,332,711	100%

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Set-aside reliance

How much of the federal spending under Special Needs Transportation runs through a small-business or socioeconomic set-aside vehicle — an exact ratio of public dollars, not an eligibility determination.

Obligations via set-aside vehicles

Set-aside award actions

Total award actions on file

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Obligations by fiscal year (the YoY trend)

Federal fiscal year	Award actions	Obligated
FY2021	2	$3,142,694
FY2019	1	$2,211,390
FY2009	8	$1,311,594
FY2008	5	$667,033

Federal fiscal years run October 1 – September 30. Showing the most recent 4 of 4 years with award actions on file.

Source: USASpending.gov award record. Confirm current status at SAM.gov →

Largest awards on record

Award ID (PIID)	Awarding agency	Signed	Obligated	Award type
36C25721N0699	Department of Veterans Affairs	2021-09-07	$2,691,346	DELIVERY ORDER
36C25719C0078	Department of Veterans Affairs	2018-12-01	$2,211,390	DEFINITIVE CONTRACT
36C26021N0579	Department of Veterans Affairs	2021-07-01

What this NAICS code covers

NAICS 485991 is Special Needs Transportation in the North American Industry Classification System — the standard the federal government uses to classify what it buys. The U.S. Small Business Administration sets a small-business size standard (a receipts or employee threshold) per NAICS code, used to decide who qualifies for small-business set-asides.

Reference	Source
NAICS 485991 definition	U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS 2022)
Small-business size standard for NAICS 485991	U.S. Small Business Administration

How to read this profile

This page reports exact public-record facts and assigns no score or label. An obligated-dollar figure is an exact sum over USASpending.gov prime awards on the records Fonteum currently holds; it is a bounded slice of the federal corpus, not a completeness claim, and it is not a budget or forecast. Contractors are named only as the neutral recipients of public awards. The award footprint fills in as the federal award-archive backfill runs.

Related federal-contracting evidence

Reviewed by the Fonteum Government Contracts Desk. Federal procurement records analysts. This study reports exact regulatory facts — an award's signed date and an exclusion's active window, each sourced to SAM.gov and USASpending.gov. It makes no determination of wrongdoing and assigns no score.

Sources: USASpending.gov prime awards (U.S. Government Works, public domain) for the spending figures; U.S. Census Bureau (NAICS 2022) for the industry title; U.S. Small Business Administration for the size standard. Confirm any current figure at usaspending.gov. Canonical record: https://fonteum.com/gov/naics/485991. Industry data as of 2026-06-22.