Third Party Contracting Guidance

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration [Docket No. FTA-2024-0015] AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice of availability of final circular and response to comments. SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has made available on its website the final updated Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular (C 4220.1G). The updated circular reflects statutory and regulatory changes that have occurred since the last update, provides additional non-binding guidance, and supersedes the previous Third-Party Contracting Guidance Circular C 4220.1F. This notice responds to the comments FTA received on the proposed circular, which was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2024. DATES: The applicable date of this circular is February 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: One may view the comments at docket number FTA-2024-0015. For access to the docket, please visit https://www.regulations.gov or the Docket Operations office located in the West Building of the United States Department of Transportation, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For third party contracting questions, contact Tara Murphy, Division Chief, Office of Administration, Federal Transit Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Room E41-311, Washington, DC 20590, phone: (202) 366-5647 or email tara.murphy@dot.gov . For legal questions, C…