Consultants flag Wazit rebate program and third-party administration as capacity and oversight risks

Oct 14, 2026

The CPCS evaluation singled out the medium- and heavy-duty rebate (Wazit/Wazip) program as a large, administratively novel program (~$100M) that relies on third-party contractors and faces staffing and oversight gaps in current agency structures.

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Consultants told the Joint Transportation Committee that Washington's medium- and heavy-duty point-of-sale rebate program — referred to in the presentation as Wazit or Wazip — presents particular administrative challenges because it is large in scale and operationally different from typical state reimbursement grant programs.

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