Federal contractor · MADISON, WI

CITY OF MADISON

CITY OF MADISON received $85.2K in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 3 awards (+27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $902.7K. Its largest customer was Department of Veterans Affairs ($75.2K). It also received $45M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$85.2K
New awards
3
Sole-source
100%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Other than small businessGovernment entity
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Company family

Grouped from reported parent companies (UEI) and, where marked, AI judgments that two records name the same organization or group.

3 registered entities of the same company or corporate group, $72.6K in FY2026 together.

  1. CITY OF MADISONMADISON, WI · Family page
    $85.2K
  2. CITY OF MADISONMADISON, WI
    $0
  3. MADISON, CITY OFMADISON, WI
    -$12.6K

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 77.3KFY2017
  2. 146.8KFY2018
  3. 242.5KFY2019
  4. 24.8KFY2020
  5. 63KFY2021
  6. 70.9KFY2022
  7. 61KFY2023
  8. 64KFY2024
  9. 67.3KFY2025
  10. 85.2KFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$75.2K88%
    2 awards
  2. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$10K12%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Facilities & utilities$70.6K83%
  2. Professional services$10K12%
  3. IT & telecom$4,6205.4%

Where the work was performed

  1. Dane County, WI$85.2K100%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition100%
    US 39% · $85.2K
  • Sole-source awards100%
    US 30% · $85.2K
  • 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

  1. Department of Veterans Affairs$75.2K
    Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 awards
  2. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$10K
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. FIRE PROTECTION/SUPPORT (FIREFIGHTERS)$320.9K
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Dane County, WI· Facilities & utilities· Jun 23, 2022 – May 4, 2026· 36C25222P0627
  2. FY26-FEPA-CITY OF MADISON DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS$10K
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission· Dane County, WI· Professional services· Mar 19, 2026 – Mar 19, 2026· 45310026C0008
  3. ACCESS TO CITY OF MADISON'S COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE$4,620
    Department of Veterans Affairs· Dane County, WI· IT & telecom· Feb 2, 2026 – Feb 2, 2026· 36C25226P0039

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 MADISON received $45M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 24 actions (6 new awards), +13% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs ($29.3M).

Assistance · FY2026
$45M
New awards
6
Actions
24
Since FY2021
$465.4M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 118.3MFY2021
  2. 8.8MFY2022
  3. 94.1MFY2023
  4. 159.6MFY2024
  5. 39.7MFY2025
  6. 45MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$45M100%

Top programs

  1. 20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs$29.3M65%
  2. 20.507 · Federal Transit Formula Grants$6M13%
  3. 20.200 · Highway Research and Development Program$5M11%
  4. 14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants$2M4.5%
  5. 14.239 · Home Investment Partnerships Program$1.3M2.9%
  6. 20.939 · Safe Streets and Roads for All$1M2.2%
  7. 20.513 · Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities$277.9K0.6%
  8. 14.231 · Emergency Solutions Grant Program$173.1K0.4%

Awarding agencies

  1. Federal Transit Administration$35.6M79%
    Department of Transportation
  2. Federal Highway Administration$6M13%
    Department of Transportation
  3. Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development$3.5M7.8%
    Department of Housing and Urban Development

Largest awards

  1. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND NEW 60 ARTICULATED BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSES CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUS…$38M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Aug 21, 2024 – Sep 24, 2026· WI-2024-014
  2. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE BUS REPLACEMENTS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT. THERE WILL ALSO BE NEW PREVENTIVE…$19.7M
    20.525 · State of Good Repair Grants Program· Federal Transit Administration· Formula grant· Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 1, 2026· WI-2025-019
  3. APPLICATION PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND NEW 40 DIESEL HYBRID AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.; ACTIVITIES PERFORMED…$17.4M
    20.526 · Buses and Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, and Low or No Emissions Programs· Federal Transit Administration· Project grant· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· WI-2026-013
  4. PROJECT TITLE: ADVANCING SAFETY AND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS THROUGH A REGIONAL CONNECTED VEHICLE CORRIDOR :::: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ADVANCING…$5M
    20.200 · Highway Research and Development Program· Federal Highway Administration· Project grant· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· 693JJ22640010YP4AWIA260010ATTI
  5. PURPOSE: THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM PROVIDES ANNUAL GRANTS ON A FORMULA BASIS TO STATES, CITIES, AND COUNTIES TO…$2M
    14.218 · Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants· Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development· Formula grant· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· B-25-MC-55-0005
  6. THE MADISON AREA RECOVERY INITIATIVE (MARI) AIMS TO REDUCE OVERDOSE DEATHS IN DANE COUNTY WHERE SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS, SUCH AS FENTANYL, HAVE…$1.6M
    16.838 · Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program· Office of Justice Programs· Project grant· Nov 15, 2024 – Dec 15, 2025· 15PBJA24GG04442COAP

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: $202.8K (2 subawards)

2 sub-recipients

  1. COUNTY OF DANE$158K78%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  2. NEWBRIDGE MADISON INC$44.8K22%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $14M (20 subawards)

6 primes

  1. WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES$10.4M74%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward
  2. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES$1.6M11%
    MADISON, WI · 10 subawards
  3. STATE OF WISCONSIN$1.2M8.2%
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
  4. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES$497.6K3.5%
    MADISON, WI · 4 subawards
  5. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF ADMIN$280.5K2.0%
    MADISON, WI · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM$112.7K0.8%
    MADISON, WI · 1 subaward

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $4M paid out · $11.8M received
  • FY2022: $2.9M paid out · $16M received
  • FY2023: $1.1M paid out · $5.3M received
  • FY2024: $417.2K paid out · $20.2M received
  • FY2025: $1.1M paid out · $10.8M received
  • FY2026: $202.8K paid out · $14M 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

36 companies · $9.6M reported

  1. PORCHLIGHT INC$2.6M
    MADISON, WI · 3 subawards
  2. COUNTY OF DANE$804.5K
    MADISON, WI · 7 subawards
  3. SALVATION ARMY DIVISIONAL HEADQRTS$780.2K
    MILWAUKEE, WI · 4 subawards

Primes that pay it

11 companies · $78.2M reported

  1. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES$31.9M
    MADISON, WI · 112 subawards
  2. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WISCONSIN$24.5M
    MADISON, WI · 12 subawards
  3. STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPT OF ADMIN$10.9M
    MADISON, WI · 14 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.

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. COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA$141.7K0% in FY2026
    SAN JOSE, CA · 5 entities · 51% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Justice, public order, and safety activities
  2. CITY OF PORTLAND COMMUNICATION SERVICES$353K+3% in FY2026
    PORTLAND, OR · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Justice, public order, and safety activities
  3. PILUM DEFENSE AGENCY LLC$399.6K−100% in FY2026
    LAKEWOOD, CO · 72% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveVeterans Affairs · Justice, public order, and safety activities

Showing the top 3 of 25 competitors. Open the profile for the full list.

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 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

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.