Federal contractor · SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY received $5,436 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($5,436). It also received $44.1M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $5,436
- New awards
- 1
- Sole-source
- 100%
- Single offer
- 0.0%
- UEI
- CPVFEDRAL3U6
Spending by fiscal year
Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).
- 5.4KFY2026
Top buying agencies
Obligations in FY2026.
- Department of the Navy$5,436100%1 awards
What was bought · Where the work was performed
Obligations in FY2026.
What was bought
- Education & social services$5,436100%
Where the work was performed
- San Luis Obispo County, CA$5,436100%
Integrity signals
Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.
- Low competition100%US 39% · $5,436
- Sole-source awards100%US 30% · $5,436
- Single-offer competitions0.0%US 8.7% · $0
- Urgency justifications0.0%US 5.1% · $0
A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.
Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts
- Department of the Navy$5,436Department of Defense · 1 awards
Largest awards
- Department of the Navy· San Luis Obispo County, CA· Education & social services· May 4, 2026 – May 4, 2026· N3560A26FB184
Federal grants & assistance received
Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY received $44.1M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 87 actions (5 new awards), +19% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($42.5M).
- Assistance · FY2026
- $44.1M
- New awards
- 5
- Actions
- 87
- Since FY2021
- $193.4M
Assistance by fiscal year
- 50.8MFY2021
- 8.1MFY2022
- 23.5MFY2023
- 29.8MFY2024
- 37MFY2025
- 44.1MFY2026
By type
- Direct payments$44.1M100%
Top programs
- 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$42.5M96%
- 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$883.3K2.0%
- 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$694.6K1.6%
- 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$17.6K0.0%
Awarding agencies
- Department of Education$44.1M100%
Largest awards
- GRANT PROGRAM$35.6M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 15, 2025 – Sep 16, 2026· P063P251107
- GRANT PROGRAM$35.2M84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 17, 2024 – May 2, 2026· P063P241107
- CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG$816.4K84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· P007A260280
- CAMPUS BASED-FWS$673.4K84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· P033A260280
- PELL GRANTS$27.4K84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· P063Q251107
- 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Sep 22, 2025 – Mar 30, 2026· P379T261107
Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.
Subawards
Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.
As a prime: who it pays · FY2026
No subawards reported as a prime in FY2026.
As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026
No subawards reported to it in FY2026.
By fiscal year
- FY2021: $0 paid out · $119.1K received
- FY2022: $0 paid out · $30K received
- FY2024: $0 paid out · $1.3M received
- FY2025: $0 paid out · $1.8M received
Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.
Teaming partners
Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.
Companies it pays
No subawards reported to other companies.
Primes that pay it
4 companies · $3.3M reported
- MATHER, CA · 6 subawards
- MICROBIO ENGINEERING INC$1.1MSAN LUIS OBISPO, CA · 2 subawards
- PORTLAND, OR · 1 subaward
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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.
Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.
Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.