Federal contractor · FORT COLLINS, CO

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY received $3.7M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 23 awards (−27% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $43.2M. Its largest customer was Department of the Navy ($1.3M). It also received $270.3M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.7M
New awards
23
Sole-source
11%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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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, $4.7M in FY2026 together.

  1. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYFORT COLLINS, CO · Family page
    $3.7M
  2. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYFORT COLLINS, CO
    $828.1K
  3. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITYFORT COLLINS, CO
    $132.1K

AI-inferred: entity-match@1 · Analisa AI · 2026-10-05

Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 4MFY2017
  2. 3.1MFY2018
  3. 5.8MFY2019
  4. 10.8MFY2020
  5. 2.2MFY2021
  6. 3MFY2022
  7. 1.6MFY2023
  8. 4MFY2024
  9. 5.1MFY2025
  10. 3.7MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Navy$1.3M36%
    1 awards
  2. National Institutes of Health$1M28%
    6 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$975K26%
    1 awards
  4. Bureau of Reclamation$125.3K3.3%
    2 awards
  5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$107.5K2.9%
    2 awards
  6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$85K2.3%
    1 awards
  7. Bureau of Land Management$49.4K1.3%
    3 awards
  8. Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$23.8K0.6%
    1 awards
  9. Departmental Offices$12.8K0.3%
    1 awards
  10. Department of the Army-$12.7K0.0%
    4 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$3.2M86%
  2. Professional services$326.4K8.7%
  3. Facilities & utilities$125.3K3.3%
  4. Education & social services$49.4K1.3%
  5. IT & telecom$23.8K0.6%

Where the work was performed

  1. Larimer County, CO$3.5M94%
  2. Mesa County, CO$125.3K3.3%
  3. Bernalillo County, NM$90.4K2.4%
  4. DeKalb County, GA$85K2.3%
  5. Jefferson County, CO$49.4K1.3%

Integrity signals

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

  • Low competition11%
    US 39% · $408.9K
  • Sole-source awards11%
    US 30% · $408.9K
  • 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. National Institutes of Health$233.8K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  2. Bureau of Reclamation$125.3K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$85K
    Department of Health and Human Services · 1 awards
  4. Bureau of Land Management$49.4K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards
  5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$17.1K
    Department of the Interior · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. COVID-19. TO DEVELOP AND MANUFACTURE AN INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINE USING BLOOD PATHOGEN REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY.$6.3M
    National Institutes of Health· Larimer County, CO· Research & development· Aug 21, 2020 – Aug 3, 2026· 75N93020C00053
  2. COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN THE ATMOSPHERE (CIRA) OPTICAL VARIABILITY EVALUATION OF REGIONAL CLOUD ASYMMETRIES IN SPACE AND TIME (OVERCAST)$3.9M
    Department of the Navy· Larimer County, CO· Research & development· Aug 6, 2024 – May 28, 2026· N0001424C2214
  3. PCMID - ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL ANIMAL MODELS FOR SCREENING MCMS FOR THE 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV-2)$1.4M
    National Institutes of Health· Larimer County, CO· Research & development· Mar 23, 2020 – Aug 27, 2026· 75N93020F00001
  4. DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION QUALITY, DOSE, AND DOSE RATE ON CANCER INITIATION, PROMOTION, AND PROGRESSION IN HS/NPT OUTBRED MICE. ESTABLISH RBES AND QUALITY FACTOR ESTIMATES FOR SPACE-RELEVANT RADIATION EXPOSURES.$975K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Larimer County, CO· Research & development· Jun 1, 2026 – Sep 2, 2026· 80JSC026P0009
  5. PRE-CLINICAL MODELS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES (PCMID)$748.2K
    National Institutes of Health· Larimer County, CO· Research & development· Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 75N93026F00002
  6. ER21-1019: A QUANTUM CHEMICAL - MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR THE PREDICTION OF THERMAL PFAS DESTRUCTION$553.1K
    Department of the Army· Larimer County, CO· Research & development· Apr 12, 2022 – Jan 7, 2026· W912HQ22C0022
  7. TESTING OF STANDARD DRUGS FOR MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS (MTB) IN ANIMAL MODELS FOR MTB$326.1K
    National Institutes of Health· Larimer County, CO· Research & development· Aug 11, 2021 – Sep 9, 2026· 75N93021F00003
  8. FIELD COLLECTION AND MONITORING OF ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN COOT AND HAWAIIAN GALLINULE ON THE MCBH, KANEOHE BAY RALC U433F60$307.6K
    Department of the Army· Honolulu County, HI· Professional services· Mar 14, 2022 – Nov 24, 2025· W912HZ22P0035

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.

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY received $270.3M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 1,089 actions (180 new awards), −55% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 12.005 · Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations ($68.9M).

Assistance · FY2026
$270.3M
New awards
180
Actions
1,089
Since FY2021
$2.3B

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 314.6MFY2021
  2. 313.9MFY2022
  3. 460.5MFY2023
  4. 362.6MFY2024
  5. 596.5MFY2025
  6. 270.3MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$264.3M98%
  2. Other assistance$5.9M2.2%

Top programs

  1. 12.005 · Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations$68.9M25%
  2. 10.720 · Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants$26.2M9.7%
  3. 11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes$22.3M8.2%
  4. 93.855 · Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research$16.4M6.1%
  5. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$11.1M4.1%
  6. 93.859 · Biomedical Research and Research Training$10.8M4.0%
  7. 43.001 · Science$8.2M3.0%
  8. 10.310 · Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)$7.2M2.7%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of the Army$68.6M25%
    Department of Defense
  2. National Institutes of Health$58M21%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  3. Forest Service$41.3M15%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$27.7M10%
    Department of Commerce
  5. Department of Energy$17.3M6.4%
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$8.9M3.3%
  7. National Science Foundation$8M3.0%
  8. National Institute of Food and Agriculture$7.4M2.8%
    Department of Agriculture

Largest awards

  1. HEADQUARTERS INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT COMMAND SUSTAINABLE RANGE NATURAL RESOURCE SUPPORT$104.3M
    12.005 · Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Mar 8, 2021 – Feb 12, 2026· W9126G1920039
  2. PURPOSE: THE CIRA TEAM DEVELOPED THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD BASE HEIGHT (CBH)/CLOUD GEOMETRIC THICKNESS (CGT) ALGORITHM THAT WAS INITIALLY…$55.5M
    11.432 · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cooperative Institutes· National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration· Cooperative agreement· Jul 8, 2024 – Sep 23, 2026· NA24OARX432C0007
  3. NATURAL RESOURCE SUPPORT FOR IMCOM AT MULTIPLE INSTALLATIONS - FY24$46.2M
    12.005 · Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Aug 16, 2024 – Mar 6, 2026· W9126G2420004
  4. NEW BASE CESU AGREEMENT AFCEC GIS SUPPORT FOR 76 INSTALLATIONS$42.2M
    12.005 · Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Feb 14, 2021 – Jul 23, 2026· W9126G2020004
  5. ITAM SUPPORT, FORT POLK, LA BASE YR$30.4M
    12.005 · Conservation and Rehabilitation of Natural Resources on Military Installations· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Nov 6, 2020 – Sep 19, 2026· W9126G2020013
  6. THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE DEFENSE GRANT PROGRAM AIMS TO ASSIST AT RISK LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INDIAN TRIBES IN PLANNING FOR AND MITIGATING…$26.2M
    10.720 · Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Community Wildfire Defense Grants· Forest Service· Project grant· Dec 3, 2025 – Dec 3, 2025· 26DG11021600001

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

  • Sub-contracts: $778.8K (12 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $35M (163 subawards)

100 sub-recipients

  1. COUNTY OF LARIMER$9.9M28%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 1 subaward
  2. JEFFERSON COUNTY OF$9.7M27%
    GOLDEN, CO · 1 subaward
  3. WILDFIRE ADAPTED PARTNERSHIP$2.6M7.2%
    DURANGO, CO · 1 subaward
  4. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY$1.5M4.1%
    WASHINGTON, DC · 1 subaward
  5. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$1.3M3.7%
    AURORA, CO · 13 subawards
  6. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY$1.1M3.1%
    COLLEGE STATION, TX · 4 subawards
  7. LINKOPINGS UNIVERSITET$981.4K2.7%
    LINKOPING, SWE · 3 subawards
  8. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, THE$862.4K2.4%
    SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 3 subawards
  9. TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY$848K2.4%
    BOSTON, MA · 4 subawards
  10. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$764.5K2.1%
    BOULDER, CO · 7 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $1.5M (2 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $15.1M (95 subawards)

62 primes

  1. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$1.7M10%
    SEATTLE, WA · 4 subawards
  2. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1.2M7.0%
    SEATTLE, WA · 2 subawards
  3. MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY$1M6.1%
    BOZEMAN, MT · 6 subawards
  4. TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$935.6K5.7%
    GOLDEN, CO · 2 subawards
  5. UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$821.2K5.0%
    ALBUQUERQUE, NM · 3 subawards
  6. YALE UNIV$711.9K4.3%
    NEW HAVEN, CT · 1 subaward
  7. THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$635.6K3.8%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 2 subawards
  8. THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK$573.8K3.5%
    STONY BROOK, NY · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY$555.8K3.4%
    BALTIMORE, MD · 1 subaward
  10. THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY$525.1K3.2%
    STANFORD, CA · 4 subawards

Its reported sub-contracts equal 21% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $43.7M paid out · $28.3M received
  • FY2022: $42.3M paid out · $25.3M received
  • FY2023: $63.8M paid out · $26.4M received
  • FY2024: $92.7M paid out · $34.8M received
  • FY2025: $54.2M paid out · $31.7M received
  • FY2026: $35.8M paid out · $16.6M 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

313 companies · $332.8M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$20.6M
    BOULDER, CO · 125 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. LARIMER, COUNTY OF$19.6M
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$12.8M
    URBANA, IL · 14 subawards

Primes that pay it

179 companies · $173.3M reported

  1. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$16.5M
    BOULDER, CO · 82 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  2. SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$7.3M
    SEATTLE, WA · 11 subawards · Scientific research and development services
  3. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$6.6M
    NORMAN, OK · 14 subawards · Scientific research and development services

Showing the top 3 of each list. Open the profile for potential partners and the full lists.

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 26 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TORREY PINES LOGIC, INC.$7M+3.9% in FY2026
    SAN DIEGO, CA · 39% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services
  2. RANK ONE COMPUTING CORPORATION$6.4M−99% in FY2026
    DENVER, CO · 35% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC$11.2M−67% in FY2026
    EVANSTON, IL · 41% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveNavy · Scientific research and development servicesArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · Scientific research and development services

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 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Lobbying and PAC activity

Organizations in House lobbying disclosures and FEC records whose names an AI judgment matched to this company. Those records carry no identifier shared with contracts, so every match is by name.

Across the company family of COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY (3 recipients).

Matched organizations

  • Colorado State UniversityAI match · 100%
  • Colorado State University FoundationAI match · 91%
Lobbying · 2025
$520K
12 reports
Lobbying · 2023–2026
$2M

Lobbying by year

  1. 2023$660K
    16 reports
  2. 2024$580K
    14 reports
  3. 2025$520K
    12 reports
  4. 2026$260K
    6 reports

Top issues

  1. Agriculture24 reports
  2. Budget and appropriations16 reports
  3. Education14 reports
  4. Health issues14 reports
  5. Sports and athletics5 reports
  6. Energy and nuclear2 reports
  7. Medical and disease research, clinical labs1 reports

Who was contacted

  1. U.S. SENATE40 reports
  2. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES37 reports
  3. Energy - Dept of12 reports
  4. Interior - Dept of (DOI)12 reports
  5. Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)11 reports
  6. Education - Dept of3 reports
  7. Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)2 reports
  8. Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)2 reports
  9. White House Office2 reports
  10. State - Dept of (DOS)1 reports

Houses of Congress and federal agencies the reports list as contacted (a report names every one for all its issues).

Lobbying firms hired

  1. Woodberry Associates$840K
    14 reports
  2. Capitol Counsel LLC$700K
    14 reports
  3. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP$460K
    14 reports
  4. Torrey Advisory Group (formerly Michael Torrey Associates, LLC)$20K
    6 reports

Registrants who are individuals are counted, not named.

Lobbying amounts are the filers' own good-faith estimates on quarterly LD-2 reports (the law asks for amounts rounded to $10,000; under $5,000 need not be itemized), latest amendment only. When an organization files its own report, it replaces what outside firms report for it that quarter. Matches are by name. Lobbying and political giving are legal and public: they show engagement with government, not influence over any award. Correlation is not influence: these organizations' lobbying and their contracts are shown side by side, and nothing here implies either affected the other.

Source: Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2023–2026.

Source: Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026 · 2026, 2024, 2022.

Matches: Analisa AI name judgments (entity-match@1), updated Sep 30, 2026.

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.