Federal contractor · CAMBRIDGE, MA

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE received -$138.7K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 5 awards. Since FY2017: $357.4K. Its largest customer was Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation (-$138.7K). It also received $10.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
-$138.7K
New awards
5
Sole-source
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Single offer
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 103.9KFY2017
  2. 103.9KFY2018
  3. 106.4KFY2019
  4. 98.5KFY2020
  5. 56.1KFY2021
  6. 20.5KFY2022
  7. 50KFY2023
  8. -43.4KFY2024
  9. -138.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation-$138.7K0.0%
    5 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

Where the work was performed

Integrity signals

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

Largest awards

  1. WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE VOLPE CENTER$70.3K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Middlesex County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 28, 2020 – Jul 13, 2026· 6913G620M800001
  2. THIS PURCHASE ORDER TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SERVICES$50.7K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Middlesex County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 1, 2017 – Jul 13, 2026· 6913G618M800001
  3. WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SERVICES FOR VOLPE CENTER. AWARD MADE WITH $0 OBLIGATED, SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FY23 FUNDING.$38.6K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Middlesex County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 12, 2022 – Jul 14, 2026· 6913G622M800001
  4. WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE VOLPE CENTER FOR THE PERIOD OF 10/01/21 - 09/30/22, AWARDED SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FY22 FUNDS$30.9K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Middlesex County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 20, 2021 – Jul 14, 2026· 6913G621M800001
  5. WATER AND SEWER UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE VOLPE CENTER. AWARDED SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FY'24 FUNDS.$10.8K
    Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation· Middlesex County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Sep 12, 2023 – Jul 14, 2026· 6913G623M800002

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.

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE received $10.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 16 actions (11 new awards), +144% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 14.267 · Continuum of Care Program ($4.5M).

Assistance · FY2026
$10.3M
New awards
11
Actions
16
Since FY2021
$136.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 82MFY2021
  2. 11.4MFY2022
  3. 16.7MFY2023
  4. 11.5MFY2024
  5. 4.2MFY2025
  6. 10.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$10.3M100%

Top programs

  1. 14.267 · Continuum of Care Program$4.5M44%
  2. 14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants$2.6M26%
  3. 14.241 · Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS$2.2M22%
  4. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$648.1K6.3%
  5. 14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program$226.9K2.2%
  6. 14.401 · Fair Housing Assistance Program$52.1K0.5%

Awarding agencies

  1. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$10.3M99%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity$52.1K0.5%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO…$2.6M
    14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· B-25-MC-25-0005
  2. PURPOSE: THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) PROGRAM WAS AUTHORIZED THROUGH THE AIDS HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ACT (42 USC…$2.4M
    14.241 · Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· MAH25F005
  3. PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE…$1.5M
    14.267 · Continuum of Care Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Project grant· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· MA0151L1T092515
  4. PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE…$1.4M
    14.267 · Continuum of Care Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Project grant· Jul 2, 2026 – Jul 2, 2026· MA0170L1T092518
  5. PURPOSE: THE CONTINUUM OF CARE (COC) PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY-WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS; PROVIDE…$1M
    14.267 · Continuum of Care Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Project grant· May 14, 2026 – May 14, 2026· MA0152L1T092516
  6. PURPOSE: THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) PROVIDES NEED-BASED FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE USED…$648.1K
    14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 23, 2025· M25-MC250202

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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

  • Sub-grants: $6.4M (35 subawards)

13 sub-recipients

  1. HOMESTART, INC.$2.4M38%
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
  2. JUST-A-START CORP$1.1M17%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 7 subawards
  3. LYNN HOUSING AUTHORITY$760K12%
    LYNN, MA · 4 subawards
  4. VICTORY PROGRAMS, INC.$526.4K8.3%
    JAMAICA PLAIN, MA · 5 subawards
  5. JUSTICE RESOURCE INSTITUTE, INC.$460K7.2%
    NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MA · 1 subaward
  6. INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND RECOVERY, INC$322K5.1%
    WATERTOWN, MA · 1 subaward
  7. HOMEOWNER'S REHAB., INC.$299.4K4.7%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 3 subawards
  8. LOWELL HOUSING AUTHORITY$126.5K2.0%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  9. SOUTH MIDDLESEX OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, INC.$123K1.9%
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 2 subawards
  10. CAMBRDGE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMITTEE$112.5K1.8%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 2 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $6M (14 subawards)

4 primes

  1. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION$4M67%
    MALDEN, MA · 11 subawards
  2. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$993.1K17%
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 1 subaward
  3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES$935.5K16%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  4. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION$71.6K1.2%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $10.7M paid out · $16.2M received
  • FY2022: $1.8M paid out · $7.5M received
  • FY2023: $7.3M paid out · $17.7M received
  • FY2024: $3.3M paid out · $9.1M received
  • FY2025: $5.6M paid out · $13.8M received
  • FY2026: $6.4M paid out · $6M received
  • FY2027: $263.6K paid out · $0 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

29 companies · $35.2M reported

  1. JUST-A-START CORP$8.8M
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 26 subawards
  2. LYNN HOUSING AUTHORITY$4.2M
    LYNN, MA · 9 subawards
  3. HOMESTART, INC.$3.4M
    BOSTON, MA · 10 subawards

Primes that pay it

7 companies · $70.3M reported

  1. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION$53.5M
    EVERETT, MA · 179 subawards
  2. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$11M
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 13 subawards
  3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES$2.8M
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards

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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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.