Federal contractor · LOWELL, MA

CITY OF LOWELL

CITY OF LOWELL received $2,718 in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 1 awards (−66% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $91.1K. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($2,718). It also received $461.6K in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$2,718
New awards
1
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 5.6KFY2017
  2. 9.7KFY2018
  3. 8.7KFY2019
  4. 8.3KFY2020
  5. 8.7KFY2021
  6. 23.7KFY2022
  7. 8.5KFY2023
  8. 7.2KFY2024
  9. 8.1KFY2025
  10. 2.7KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$2,718100%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$2,718100%

Where the work was performed

  1. Middlesex County, MA$2,718100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $2,718
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $2,718
  • 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.

Largest awards

  1. WATER / SEWER UTILITY$11.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Middlesex County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Oct 1, 2024 – Jan 13, 2026· 36C24125P0011

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 LOWELL received $461.6K in federal assistance in FY2026, on 5 actions (1 new awards), −89% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 16.590 · Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program ($467.9K).

Assistance · FY2026
$461.6K
New awards
1
Actions
5
Since FY2021
$86.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 65MFY2021
  2. 437.2KFY2022
  3. 7.5MFY2023
  4. 9.3MFY2024
  5. 4.2MFY2025
  6. 461.6KFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$461.6K100%

Top programs

  1. 16.590 · Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program$467.9K100%
  2. 20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All-$6,3600.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Offices, Boards and Divisions$467.9K100%
    Department of Justice

Largest awards

  1. LOWELL COMPREHENSIVE ADDICTION AND RECOVERY SUPPORT INITIATIVE (CARSI) - THE CITY OF LOWELL HEALTH DEPARTMENT (LHD) IS APPLYING FOR THE FY…$1.7M
    93.243 · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance· Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration· Project grant· Jul 29, 2022 – Mar 31, 2026· H79TI084790
  2. THE GRANTS TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESPONSE PROGRAM (ICJR PROGRAM) ASSISTS STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, AND COURTS TO…$467.9K
    16.590 · Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program· Offices, Boards and Divisions· Project grant· May 5, 2026 – May 5, 2026· 15JOVW25GG02054HOMI
  3. THE PROJECT INCLUDES PREPARATION OF FOUR TOPICAL SUB-PLANS TO SUPPLEMENT THE REGIONAL SAFETY ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING: SPEED MANAGEMENT…$193.6K
    20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Jun 10, 2024 – May 20, 2026· 693JJ32440351

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: $738.7K (13 subawards)

12 sub-recipients

  1. WOMEN IN TRANSITION INC$112.1K15%
    LOWELL, MA · 2 subawards
  2. COALITION FOR A BETTER ACRE, INC.$100K14%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  3. HIVE PUBLIC MARKET LLC$100K14%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  4. HOUSE OF HOPE HOUSING, INC$56K7.6%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  5. YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF LOWELL$50K6.8%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  6. MERRIMACK VALLEY FOOD BANK, INC.$50K6.8%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  7. BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER LOWELL, INC.$50K6.8%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  8. GIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER LOWELL$50K6.8%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward
  9. CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC$50K6.8%
    SOUTH BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  10. ELIOT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$41K5.6%
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $31.5M (73 subawards)

5 primes

  1. MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN WATER TRUST$13.6M43%
    BOSTON, MA · 1 subaward
  2. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION$11.1M35%
    MALDEN, MA · 54 subawards
  3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR & WO$6.3M20%
    BOSTON, MA · 14 subawards
  4. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES$347K1.1%
    BOSTON, MA · 2 subawards
  5. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY MASSACHUSETTS$144.2K0.5%
    FRAMINGHAM, MA · 2 subawards

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $2.5M paid out · $12.6M received
  • FY2022: $627.5K paid out · $86M received
  • FY2023: $1.2M paid out · $15.5M received
  • FY2024: $3.5M paid out · $51.6M received
  • FY2025: $1.6M paid out · $33.5M received
  • FY2026: $738.7K paid out · $31.5M 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

55 companies · $10.1M reported

  1. ACE RESTORATION COMPANY, INC.$721.4K
    NATICK, MA · 4 subawards
  2. LOWELL HOUSING AUTHORITY$709.7K
    LOWELL, MA · 3 subawards
  3. LIFE CONNECTION CENTER$621.1K
    LOWELL, MA · 1 subaward

Primes that pay it

11 companies · $230.8M reported

  1. MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION$179.5M
    EVERETT, MA · 384 subawards
  2. MASSACHUSETTS CLEAN WATER TRUST$33.8M
    BOSTON, MA · 3 subawards
  3. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR & WO$12.2M
    BOSTON, MA · 24 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.