Federal contractor · ARCATA, CA

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY HUMBOLDT

CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY HUMBOLDT received $70.3K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+53% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $410.9K. Its largest customer was U.S. Geological Survey ($70.3K). It also received $17.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$70.3K
New awards
3
Sole-source
0.0%
Single offer
70%
UEI
STC1LYLCWB18
Other than small businessEducational institutionGovernment entity
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 56KFY2017
  2. 81.6KFY2018
  3. 71.4KFY2019
  4. 1.5KFY2020
  5. 70.7KFY2021
  6. -52.5KFY2022
  7. 37.4KFY2023
  8. 28.5KFY2024
  9. 46KFY2025
  10. 70.3KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. U.S. Geological Survey$70.3K100%
    3 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Professional services$49.4K70%
  2. Transportation & logistics$20.8K30%

Where the work was performed

  1. Santa Cruz County, CA$49.4K70%
  2. Humboldt County, CA$20.8K30%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition70%
    US 39% · $49.4K
  • Sole-source awards0.0%
    US 30% · $0
  • Single-offer competitions70%
    US 8.7% · $49.4K
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. VESSEL CHARTER SERVICES$49.4K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Santa Cruz County, CA· Professional services· Apr 15, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026· 140G0326P0085
  2. LEASE OF VESSEL$23.9K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Humboldt County, CA· Equipment maintenance· May 8, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026· 140G0325P0106
  3. HUMBOLDT VESSEL CHARTER$20.8K
    U.S. Geological Survey· Humboldt County, CA· Transportation & logistics· May 19, 2026 – May 19, 2026· 140G0326P0135

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 STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY HUMBOLDT received $17.4M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 145 actions (6 new awards), −2% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($16.6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$17.4M
New awards
6
Actions
145
Since FY2021
$122.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 47MFY2021
  2. 9.1MFY2022
  3. 15.1MFY2023
  4. 16MFY2024
  5. 17.8MFY2025
  6. 17.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Direct payments$17.4M100%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$16.6M96%
  2. 84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program$462.7K2.7%
  3. 84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants$276.3K1.6%
  4. 84.379 · Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grants (Teach GRANTS)$7,5440.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Education$17.4M100%

Largest awards

  1. GRANT PROGRAM$17.2M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 20, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026· P063P250023
  2. GRANT PROGRAM$6.1M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2026 – Sep 18, 2026· P063P260023
  3. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$543.9K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Mar 29, 2024 – Mar 20, 2026· P033A240416
  4. CAMPUS BASED-FWS$500K
    84.033 · Federal Work-Study Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P033A260416
  5. CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG$276.3K
    84.007 · Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Apr 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2026· P007A260416
  6. PELL GRANTS$14.4K
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Feb 19, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026· P063Q250023

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

  • FY2023: $0 paid out · $179.5K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · $37.6K 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

2 companies · $217.1K reported

  1. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES$188.3K
    MATHER, CA · 2 subawards
  2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALIFORNIA$28.8K
    SACRAMENTO, CA · 1 subaward

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.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 3 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. OUTBOUND MARINE LLC$105K
    PORTLAND, OR · 62% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveU.S. Geological Survey · Support activities for water transportation

Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

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 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.